The Social Regulation of Markets: Why Microcredit Fails to Promote Jobs in Rural South India

Development and Change

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1277-1301

  Guérin, Isabelle ^a,b   D'Espallier, Bert ^c   Venkatasubramanian, G ^b  

^a Maritime Institut of Malaysia   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROECONOMICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; MICROECONOMICS; MICROFINANCE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RURAL ECONOMY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84946410570     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12197     Document Type: Article

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