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Micro-credit and micro-finance: functional and conceptual differences

Khandakar Qudrat-I ElahiDepartment of Economics and Social Science, BRAC University, 66 Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, BangladeshView further author information
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M. Lutfor RahmanDepartment of Economics and Social Science, BRAC University, 66 Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, BangladeshView further author information
Pages 476-483 | Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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Serafim Nogueira, Fábio Duarte & Ana Paula Gama. (2020) Microfinance: where are we and where are we going?. Development in Practice 30:7, pages 874-889.
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