Village savings and loan associations and household welfare: Evidence from Eastern and Western Zambia

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  2017

• Venue

  African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Economics

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  DOI 10.22004/AG.ECON.258601
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