The disciplinary power of micro credit: Examples from Kenya and Cameroon

Rethinking Empowerment: Gender and Development in a Global/Local World

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 182-198

  Lairap Fonderson, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85141050092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203220078-15     Document Type: Chapter

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