A critical geography of poverty finance

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 547-568

  Rankin, Katharine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; IMPERIALISM; MICROFINANCE; MORTGAGE LENDING; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY;

EID: 84878903132     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2013.786282     Document Type: Article

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