Credit unions and financial exclusion – the odd couple?

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-434

  Ryder, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Central Services Organization and Government; Credit unions; Financial exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993003740     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964906021000057173     Document Type: Article

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