Altruism : it's importance in sustaining microfinance development / Siti Khadijah Ab Manan, Mohd. Faizal Kamarudin and Nor Effuandy Pfordten Mohd. Saleh

Sustaining microfinance institutions is important in ensuring that the sources of capital of the smaller and micro enterprises could be maintained. This paper examined the important role of altruism in sustaining the progress and development of microfinance institutions. Using qualitative method of...

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Main Authors: Ab Manan, Siti Khadijah (Author), Kamarudin, Mohd. Faizal (Author), Mohd. Saleh, Nor Effuandy Pfordten (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, 2015.
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