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Peer reviewedJiggins, Janice – Community Development Journal, 1985
The author points out the multifaceted aspects of the problems associated with rural women's need for money and financial services and outlines innovative schemes in this area such as the bank for the landless in Bangladesh, a savings and loan cooperative for market women in Nicaragua, and a savings development movement in Zimbabwe. (CT)
Descriptors: Banking, Cooperatives, Credit (Finance), Developing Nations
