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Micro-Credit and Emotional Well-Being: Experience of Poor Rural Women from Matlab, Bangladesh

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  • Masud Ahmed, Syed
  • Chowdhury, Mushtaque
  • Bhuiya, Abbas

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  • Masud Ahmed, Syed & Chowdhury, Mushtaque & Bhuiya, Abbas, 2001. "Micro-Credit and Emotional Well-Being: Experience of Poor Rural Women from Matlab, Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(11), pages 1957-1966, November.
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