Assessing the Cost Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Approach

作者: Kofi Amanor

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摘要: A thesis submitted to the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology in partial fulfillment requirements for degree of MASTER OF ARTS Faculty Social Sciences, College Art Sciences,2012

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