Microfinance Performance and Social Capital: A Cross-Country Analysis
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- Luminita Postelnicu & Niels Hermes, 2018. "Microfinance Performance and Social Capital: A Cross-Country Analysis," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/296811, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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