Mainstreaming Microfinance: How Lending to the Poor Began, Grew, and Came of Age in BoliviaKumarian Press, 2001 - 242 من الصفحات * Tells the success story of how microfinance in Latin America lifted whole populations into the financial mainstream * Offers a non-technical, in-depth analysis of the microlending debate Some people tout microfinance as the most important tool now available for fighting poverty while still others doubt its contribution to the "truly" poor. This volume offers a reasoned, moderate voice on the virtues and problems of microfinance. Drawing on the success story of Bolivia, Rhyne traces the transformation of NGOs into formal financial institutions, and examines microfinance under the conditions of commercialization and competition that have altered the dynamics of the new industry. Using participant interviews, Beth Rhyne details how Bolivia’s special breed of social entrepreneurs found the keys to unlock the huge unmet demand of informal clients. She explores how these social activists shaped the character of the institutions that now dominate Bolivia’s microfinance sector, and traces how these institutions proved that lending to microenterprises could become a commercial business. Rhyne investigates the transformation of NGOs into formal financial institutions, led by the creation of BancoSol, and closely examines microfinance under the conditions of commercialization and competition that have altered the dynamics of the new industry. |
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... poverty , consumption of a minimum basket of food and other necessities . Extreme poverty means having too little income to purchase a minimum adequate food basket ; poverty allows purchase of a few items in addition to basic food ...
... poverty , consumption of a minimum basket of food and other necessities . Extreme poverty means having too little income to purchase a minimum adequate food basket ; poverty allows purchase of a few items in addition to basic food ...
الصفحة 160
... poverty today want to distinguish between the moderately poor , who now have access to credit , and the severely poor , who still do not . Microfinance services can ( and sometimes do ) reach the severely poor in Bolivia through a ...
... poverty today want to distinguish between the moderately poor , who now have access to credit , and the severely poor , who still do not . Microfinance services can ( and sometimes do ) reach the severely poor in Bolivia through a ...
الصفحة 190
... poverty " and to claim that the poverty reduction he observes is " a consequence of microfinance . ” 11 He finds significant increases in incomes and assets — both family and enterprise for microfinance clients relative to their non ...
... poverty " and to claim that the poverty reduction he observes is " a consequence of microfinance . ” 11 He finds significant increases in incomes and assets — both family and enterprise for microfinance clients relative to their non ...
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NEW FRONTIERS | 159 |
YES BUT IS IT DEVELOPMENT? | 189 |
9 | 198 |
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