The role of microfinance in contemporary rural development finance policy and practice: Imposing neoliberalism as 'best practice'

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-600

  Bateman, Milford ^a  

^a Juraj Dobrila University of Pula   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Farms; Microcredit; Neoliberalism; Poverty; Rural development

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FARM; MICROFINANCE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL FINANCE;

EID: 84866332212     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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