Replicating Microfinance in the United StatesJames H. Carr, Zhong Yi Tong Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 28/06/2002 - 387 من الصفحات "With the publication of this volume, knowledge and understanding of the practices of delivering micro-credit reach a new level of consolidation, and the stage is set for important further steps."—from the Foreword by Richard P. Taub, University of Chicago 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. Contributors include Nitin Bhatt, Robert M. Buckley, Bruce Ferguson, Elinor Haider, Chi-kan Richard Hung, Sally R. Merrill, Jonathan Morduch, Gary Painter, Sohini Sarkar, Mark Schreiner, Lisa Servon, Ayse Can Talen, Shui-Yan Tang, Kenneth Temkin, Andres Vinelli, J. D. Von Pischke and Marc A. Weiss. Replicating Microfinance in the United States is based on papers commissioned by the Fannie Mae Foundation and findings from an October 2001 conference jointly held by the Fannie Mae Foundation and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. |
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... poverty alleviation or economic development, microcredit programs began in the developing countries of Asia and Latin America more than two decades ago. Some notable examples include the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, and FINCA and ACCION ...
... poverty of Grameen Bank's clients, 82 percent of them had not received a loan from any source before joining the Grameen program. It must be noted that the husbands of female borrowers in Grameen and other programs might have received ...
... poverty alleviation strategy. The focus on serving the poor is re×ected in the Grameen Bank's maximum-asset requirement of 0.5 acre of land, with the. 8. The statement is based on the author's conversation with program ofμcers and a ...
... poverty alleviation. There is only a μne line between economic development and poverty alleviation. In the U.S. programs, economic development means strengthening existing micro- enterprises with peer-group loans and interaction with ...
... poverty alleviation orientation. A Minimalist or Credit-Plus Approach The Grameen Bank advocates a credit-only approach to poverty alleviation, without any provision for training in the skills of running a business. This is ...