Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance - Brossura

Roodman, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1933286482 ISBN 13: 9781933286488

Casa editrice: Ctr for Global Development, 2011

Riassunto

The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor are creditworthy and conservative in its insistence on individual accountability, the idea has expanded beyond credit into savings, insurance, and money transfers, earning the name microfinance. But is it the boon so many think it is?
Readers of David Roodman's openbook blog will immediately recognize his thorough, straightforward, and trenchant analysis. Due Diligence , written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people. In particular, it explains the need to deemphasize microcredit in favor of other financial services for the poor.

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David Roodman is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development. He has been architect and manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project's inception in 2002.

David Roodman is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development. He has been architect and manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project's inception in 2002.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ctr for Global Development
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1933286482
• ISBN 13: 9781933286488
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 365
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile