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Assessment of loans to female run start-ups - A randomised control trial

Project report 24 Mar 2017 Firms

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  • Impact assessment of start-up loans to female-run microenterprises

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Farah Said

Farah Said

Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences

Mahreen Mahmud

PhD candidate, University of Kent
Azam Ch

Azam Chaudhry

Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Lahore School of Economics
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