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Dropping Out: An Emerging Factor In The Success Of Microcredit-Based Poverty Alleviation Programs

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  • Mitsue OSADA

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  • Rezaul KARIM & Mitsue OSADA, 1998. "Dropping Out: An Emerging Factor In The Success Of Microcredit-Based Poverty Alleviation Programs," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 36(3), pages 257-288, September.
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