Evaluating program impacts on mature self-help groups in India

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-296

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Liu, Yanyan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; MICROFINANCE; NUTRITION; SELF HELP; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84878629928     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhs028     Document Type: Article

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