Business training in Tanzania: From research-driven experiment to local implementation

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 808-827

  Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal ^a,b   Bjorvatn, Kjetil ^a   Juniwaty, Kartika Sari ^a,c   Tungodden, Bertil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROFINANCE; TRAINING;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84868022657     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejs016     Document Type: Article

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