MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Principles of Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9780134081168
Author: CASE, Karl E.; Fair, Ray C.; Oster, Sharon E.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Whether the crowd funding is a viable alternative for the micro-finance in poor countries.
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