Aspiration problems for the Indian rural poor: Research on self-help groups and micro-finance

Capital & Class

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-212

  Morgan, Jamie ^a   Olsen, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

debt dependence; financialisation; India; micro finance; self help groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993730696     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309816811402646     Document Type: Article

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