Trapped in ideology : the limitations of micro-finance in helping women creating viable micro-businesses

My research asks whether or not micro-finance represents a viable alternative to waged employment for women, as is the current international policy claim. To answer this question, I compared the accounts of 22 micro-finance agency employees in the UK and in Belgium with those of 20 self-employed wom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desmedt, Emmanuelle
Other Authors: Perriton, Linda ; Pendleton, Andrew
Published: University of York 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535071