Client Perceptions of the Value of Microinsurance: Evidence from Southern Ghana
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- Lena Giesbert & Susan Steiner, 2014. "Client perceptions of the value of microinsurance: evidence from southern Ghana," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 19214, GDI, The University of Manchester.
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