Crowd-empowered microfinance

Microfinance in Developing Countries: Issues, Policies and Performance Evaluation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 127-151

  Marom, Dan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 85006489528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137301925     Document Type: Chapter

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