This study focuses beyond the traditional role of microfinance in addressing poverty to examine also its effect on social exclusion and human development. It proposes and tests a model of the relationships between these three concepts using data from Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (ASA)'s participants in Bangladesh compared to a control group
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Submitted to the Deakin Business School, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 303-321)