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Replicating microfinance in the United States / edited by James H. Carr and Zhong Yi Tong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.Description: xiv, 387 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1930365101 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 193036511X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.2 22
LOC classification:
  • HG178.33.U6 R457 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Opportunities and challenges for microfinance in the United States / Mark Schreiber and Jonathan Morduch -- Microfinance in developing countries / J.D. von Pischke -- Current foundations of microfinance best practices in developing countries / -- J.D. von Pischke -- Microfinance in industrial countries : lessons from the World Bank's experience / Robert M. Buckley -- Financial sustainability in U.S. microfinance organizations : lessons from developing countries / Andres Vinelli -- Fulfilling the potential of the U.S. microenterprise strategy / Lisa Servon -- The challenges of outreach and sustainability for U.S. microcredit programs / Nitin Bhatt, Gary Painter, and Shui-yan Tang -- From south to north : a comparative study of group-based microcredit programs in developing countries and the United States / Chi-kan Richard Hung -- Microfinance and low- and moderate-income lending for housing in emerging markets and the United States / Sally R. Merrill and Kenneth Temkin -- Microfinance of progressive housing : can techniques from developing countries be adapted in the United States? / Bruce Ferguson and Elinor R. Haider -- The future of microfinance in the United States : research, practice, and policy perspectives / Ayse Can Talen, Marc A. Weiss, and Sohini Sarkar.
Summary: This book reviews experiences in both developing and industrialized countries and extends the applications of microlending beyong enterprise to consumer finance, housing finance, and community development finance, concentrating especially on previously underserved households and their communities.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library 332.2 REP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100001425

Based on papers presented at an Oct. 2001 conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Opportunities and challenges for microfinance in the United States / Mark Schreiber and Jonathan Morduch -- Microfinance in developing countries / J.D. von Pischke -- Current foundations of microfinance best practices in developing countries / -- J.D. von Pischke -- Microfinance in industrial countries : lessons from the World Bank's experience / Robert M. Buckley -- Financial sustainability in U.S. microfinance organizations : lessons from developing countries / Andres Vinelli -- Fulfilling the potential of the U.S. microenterprise strategy / Lisa Servon -- The challenges of outreach and sustainability for U.S. microcredit programs / Nitin Bhatt, Gary Painter, and Shui-yan Tang -- From south to north : a comparative study of group-based microcredit programs in developing countries and the United States / Chi-kan Richard Hung -- Microfinance and low- and moderate-income lending for housing in emerging markets and the United States / Sally R. Merrill and Kenneth Temkin -- Microfinance of progressive housing : can techniques from developing countries be adapted in the United States? / Bruce Ferguson and Elinor R. Haider -- The future of microfinance in the United States : research, practice, and policy perspectives / Ayse Can Talen, Marc A. Weiss, and Sohini Sarkar.

This book reviews experiences in both developing and industrialized countries and extends the applications of microlending beyong enterprise to consumer finance, housing finance, and community development finance, concentrating especially on previously underserved households and their communities.

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