Symbiosis of Microcredit and Private Moneylending in Cambodia

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-196

  Ovesen, Jan ^a   Trankell, Ing Britt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Debt; Exclusion; Microcredit; Patronage; Poverty; Structural Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898722770     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2014.894116     Document Type: Article

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