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Microfinance

In: Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance

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This vital new Handbook is an authoritative volume presenting key issues in finance that have been widely discussed in the financial markets but have been neglected in textbooks and the usual compilations of conventional academic wisdom.

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  • Judith Tyson, 2012. "Microfinance," Chapters, in: Jan Toporowski & Jo Michell (ed.), Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance, chapter 31, pages i-ii, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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