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 line . By implication , programs that serve those who are only moderately poor are not doing the most important work of microcredit . A salient feature of this philosophy is the subordination of sustainability to poverty ...
... poverty line . By implication , programs that serve those who are only moderately poor are not doing the most important work of microcredit . A salient feature of this philosophy is the subordination of sustainability to poverty ...
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... poverty line , but there is wide variation ranging well above and well below the line . A 1993 World Bank poverty study based on minimum consumption levels found 60 percent of the population of La Paz to live below the poverty line ...
... poverty line , but there is wide variation ranging well above and well below the line . A 1993 World Bank poverty study based on minimum consumption levels found 60 percent of the population of La Paz to live below the poverty line ...
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... Poverty - focused microfinance institutions like ProMujer and Crecer specialize in clients at the lower level . A variety of institutions offer savings services or other risk - related products that are increasingly acknowledged as more ...
... Poverty - focused microfinance institutions like ProMujer and Crecer specialize in clients at the lower level . A variety of institutions offer savings services or other risk - related products that are increasingly acknowledged as more ...
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NEW FRONTIERS | 159 |
YES BUT IS IT DEVELOPMENT? | 189 |
9 | 198 |
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