Gender and finance in Sub-Saharan Africa : are women disadvantaged ?
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Access to Finance; Banks&Banking Reform; Emerging Markets; Housing&Human Habitats; Gender and Law;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2011-03-12 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2011-03-12 (Development)
- NEP-HME-2011-03-12 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-LAB-2011-03-12 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2011-03-12 (Microfinance)
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