Inspired finance :
Looft, Michael,
Inspired finance : the role of faith in microfinance and international economic development / - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. - x, 171 p. :
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Argues that much of the world's poor need access to financial services through vehicles such as microfinance rather than a continued reliance on charity. It demonstrates how modern microfinance traces its roots to various religious traditions, exploring the tension between charity and self-reliance in those traditions.
9781137450777 (hbk.) 1137450770 (hbk.)
Finance
Microfinance.
Charities.
Poverty
Economic development
HG103 / .L66 2014
332
Inspired finance : the role of faith in microfinance and international economic development / - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. - x, 171 p. :
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Argues that much of the world's poor need access to financial services through vehicles such as microfinance rather than a continued reliance on charity. It demonstrates how modern microfinance traces its roots to various religious traditions, exploring the tension between charity and self-reliance in those traditions.
9781137450777 (hbk.) 1137450770 (hbk.)
Finance
Microfinance.
Charities.
Poverty
Economic development
HG103 / .L66 2014
332