Gender empowerment and microcredit in Bangladesh

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 490-497

  Huq Hussain, Shahnaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 84977763677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203383117     Document Type: Chapter

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