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Confronting Microfinance : Undermining Sustainable Development.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: West Hartford, CT : Stylus Publishing, 2011Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781565494367
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 332
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Looking Beyond the Hype and Entrenched Myths -- Part 1 Global Experience: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom -- 2 Microfinance in Ultra-Poor Communities: The Experience of Medellín, Colombia -- 3 The Commercialization of Microfinance: Resolution or Extension of Poverty? -- 4 Lessons from the Grameen Bank: Entrepreneurialism May Not Be a Universal Norm -- 5 Undermining the Chances of Sustainable Development in India with Microfinance -- Part 2 Southeastern Europe Experience -- 6 Impact of Microfinance in Croatia -- 7 Microfinance in Serbia -- 8 Microfinance in Macedonia -- 9 Microfinance Saturation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: What Has Really Been Achieved for the Poor? -- 10 Gender and Microfinance in Southeastern Europe: A Critical View -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 11 The End of Microfinance? -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: * Uses empirical evidence and contributor fieldwork to get at the heart of debates on microfinance claims* Incorporates global perspective but focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for microfinance and microcredit programsDespite the popularity of microfinance, it is a field that remains remarkably under-theorized. Most evaluations carried out by international development agencies, academics, and independent researchers focus on tweaking what they see as an already beneficial system. Rarely are the very foundations of microfinance brought into question. Instead, their studies presuppose impact without evidence, ignore potentially important issues, and utilize faulty evaluation methodologies.Bateman and contributors provide critical perspectives on microfinance that reach beyond the desire for technical perfection held dear by almost all microfinance institutions. It charts actual economic and social impacts registered in Southeast Europe to date, both in the context of post-communist transition and post-conflict reconstruction. It examines key cross-cutting issues, providing a more holistic and comprehensive approach to microfinance. One of the few books available that provides a robust critique of microfinance, Confronting Microfinance is sure to fire up the debate on this popular poverty-fighting measure.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Looking Beyond the Hype and Entrenched Myths -- Part 1 Global Experience: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom -- 2 Microfinance in Ultra-Poor Communities: The Experience of Medellín, Colombia -- 3 The Commercialization of Microfinance: Resolution or Extension of Poverty? -- 4 Lessons from the Grameen Bank: Entrepreneurialism May Not Be a Universal Norm -- 5 Undermining the Chances of Sustainable Development in India with Microfinance -- Part 2 Southeastern Europe Experience -- 6 Impact of Microfinance in Croatia -- 7 Microfinance in Serbia -- 8 Microfinance in Macedonia -- 9 Microfinance Saturation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: What Has Really Been Achieved for the Poor? -- 10 Gender and Microfinance in Southeastern Europe: A Critical View -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 11 The End of Microfinance? -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

* Uses empirical evidence and contributor fieldwork to get at the heart of debates on microfinance claims* Incorporates global perspective but focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for microfinance and microcredit programsDespite the popularity of microfinance, it is a field that remains remarkably under-theorized. Most evaluations carried out by international development agencies, academics, and independent researchers focus on tweaking what they see as an already beneficial system. Rarely are the very foundations of microfinance brought into question. Instead, their studies presuppose impact without evidence, ignore potentially important issues, and utilize faulty evaluation methodologies.Bateman and contributors provide critical perspectives on microfinance that reach beyond the desire for technical perfection held dear by almost all microfinance institutions. It charts actual economic and social impacts registered in Southeast Europe to date, both in the context of post-communist transition and post-conflict reconstruction. It examines key cross-cutting issues, providing a more holistic and comprehensive approach to microfinance. One of the few books available that provides a robust critique of microfinance, Confronting Microfinance is sure to fire up the debate on this popular poverty-fighting measure.

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