Disclosing the loan officer's role in microfinance development

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-450

  Siwale, Juliana N ^a   Ritchie, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CETZAM; financial services; loan officers; microfinance; poverty; PRIDE Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861812518     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610373687     Document Type: Article

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