Microenterprise Credit
Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Business enterprises
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Business enterprises
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Author : Thomas Fisher
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780855984885
Beyond Micro-Credit sets out how Indian Micro-Finance Initiatives are combining micro-finance with a wide range of development goals, these include not only poverty alleviation through providing savings, credit and insurance services but also promoting livelihoods, empowering women, building people's organizations and changing institutions.
Author : Jennefer Sebstad
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Small business
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Author : Gloria Almeyda
Publisher : IDB
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781886938151
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Business enterprises
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Author : James H. Carr
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2002-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1930365101
Microfinance was pioneered in the developing world as the lending of small amounts of money to entrepreneurs who lacked the kinds of credentials and collateral demanded by banks. Similar practices spread from the developing to the developed world, reversing the usual direction of innovation, and today several hundred microfinance institutions are operating in the United States. Replicating Microfinace in the United States reviews experiences in both developing and industrialized countries and extends the applications of microlending beyond enterprise to consumer finance, housing finance, and community development finance, concentrating especially on previously underserved households and their communities.
Author : US House Hunger
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,94 MB
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Author : Milford Bateman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 135185688X
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and local economic development policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own income-generating activities, was initially highly praised and some were even led to believe that it would end poverty as we know it. But in recent years the microcredit model has been subject to growing scrutiny and often intense criticism. The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit shines a light on many of the fundamental problems surrounding microcredit, in particular, the short- and long-term impacts of dramatically rising levels of microdebt. Developed in collaboration with UNCTAD, this book covers the general policy implications of adverse microcredit impacts, as well as gathering together country-specific case studies from around the world to illustrate the real dynamics, incentives and end results. Lively and provocative, The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit is an accessible guide for students, academics, policymakers and development professionals alike.
Author : Lisa J. Servon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815705680
The microenterprise strategy—helping people start small businesses—has generated attention among policymakers and the media as a way to create jobs and help lift people out of poverty. Through extensive interviews and case studies of five diverse microenterprise programs in different U.S. regions, Lisa J. Servon examines the potential and limits of these programs. In the late 1980s, the microenterprise strategy came to the United States from less-developed countries such as Bangladesh, where the Grameen Bank flourishes. Since then over 200 programs have opened their doors in nearly every state. This book identifies the current discourse on microenterprises, discusses how this approach represents a departure from traditional economic development and social welfare strategies, and examines the wide range of results. Boot strap Capital tells the story of both the programs and the people who use them. One program, Women's Initiative, targets very low income women in the San Francisco Bay Area and requires all clients to undergo three months of training before they can apply for a loan. Some of the participants are true entrepreneurs; others pursue self-employment because the mainstream economy has failed them. Servon finds that microenterprise programs combat the problem of persistent poverty by serving a broad socioeconomic group and by focusing on the goals of empowerment, economic literacy, and community organization. She shows that microenterprise programs do more to help those who exist at the margins of the mainstream economy than those who are completely cut off from it. She calls for a rethinking of expectations for this strategy, based on the experience of programs and entrepreneurs in this country. This book provides the basis for reframing policy support for these programs.