Microfinance evaluation strategies: Notes on methodology and findings

The Handbook of Microfinance

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 17-58

  Karlan, Dean ^a   Goldberg, Nathanael ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

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EID: 84871233614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814295666_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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