The antinomies of 'financial inclusion': Debt, distress and the workings of indian microfinance

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-610

  Taylor, Marcus ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; Debt; Financial inclusion; India; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; DEBT CRISIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MICROFINANCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL FINANCE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84866324277     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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