Microfinance meets the market

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-192

  Cull, Robert ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^a   Morduch, Jonathan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011655598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.1.167     Document Type: Review

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