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The history of community banking and its role in Nigerian rural economic development

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  1. C. U. Okoye
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Okoye, C.U., Okpala, A.O. The history of community banking and its role in Nigerian rural economic development. Rev Black Polit Econ 28, 73–87 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02717271

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