000 01365cam a22003134a 4500
008 981222s1999 ctua b 001 0 eng
020 _a1565490940 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a1565490932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
050 0 0 _aHG3550
_b.V47 1999
082 0 0 _a332.2
_bVER
100 1 _aVersluysen, Eugene.
245 1 0 _aDefying the odds :
_bbanking for the poor /
246 3 0 _aBanking for the poor
260 _aWest Hartford, Conn. :
_bKumarian Press,
_cc1999.
300 _axiii, 255 p. ;
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-242).
520 _aThe book draws from the experience of selected creative microfinance programs in Asia, West Africa, and Latin America. The book focuses on the context of social and economic change in developing countries, claiming the poor do not create poverty. The book s focus on grassroots developmental entrepreneurship and alternative poverty-reduction strategies will be of interest to policymakers as well as students who are learning how microfinance has grown worldwide.
590 _alje 12/07/2016, ijb 07/03/2019
591 _aLoans
650 0 _aBanks and banking.
650 0 _aCredit.
650 0 _aSmall business.
650 0 _aPoor.
650 0 _aEconomic development.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
949 _a332.2 VER
999 _c3720
_d3720