Universalising Financial Inclusion and the Securitisation of Development

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-612

  Soederberg, Susanne ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTEREST RATE; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84878902128     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2013.786285     Document Type: Article

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