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Which social program supports sustainable grass-root finance? Machine-learning evidence

R. Gonzales MartinezHandelshøyskolen, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 389-395 | Received 07 Nov 2019, Accepted 13 Dec 2019, Published online: 20 Dec 2019

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