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The Myth of Female Credit Discrimination in African Manufacturing

Henrik HansenDepartment of Economics, University of CopenhagenCorrespondence[email protected]
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John RandDepartment of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 81-96 | Published online: 27 Nov 2013

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