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Financial Analysis of Banking Institutions

Occasional Paper N. 1 - June 1995

Year of publication 1995

Pages 44 p.

Author Investment Centre Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title FAO Investment Centre Technical Paper

Series number 1011-5366

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper is intended to guide non-bankers, especially economists working on Investment Centre missions, on the application of the tools of financial analysis in project work.

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