Microcredit and Women's Empowerment: Have We Been Looking at the Wrong Indicators?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages

  Garikipati, Supriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CREDIT PROVISION; EMPOWERMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROFINANCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL FINANCE; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 84880946676     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2012.744387     Document Type: Article

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