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Do regulated microfinance institutions achieve better sustainability and outreach? Cross-country evidence

Valentina Hartarska Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, 210 Comer Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Denis Nadolnyak Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6755, Georgia, USA
Pages 1207-1222 | Published online: 04 Apr 2011

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