An overview of recent developments in the microfinance literature

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-165

  Hartarska, Valentina M ^a   Holtmann, Martin ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World Bonk   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial institutions; Microfinance; Microfinance institutions; Poverty; Rural finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893694455     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660680001185     Document Type: Article

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