Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 207 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350250932
Content:
An important volume that examines the highly contested subject of microcredit, showing how its increasing inefficiency and sub-prime nature has resulted in multiple crises. Microcredit programmes, long considered efficient development tools, now face unprecedented crises in a number of countries. Is this the end of microcredit or rather an essential step in its expansion? Should we stop microcredit altogether or rethink the way it is implemented? Drawing on extensive empirical research conducted in various parts of the world - from Morocco to Senegal to India - this important volume examines the whole chain of microcredit to provide the answers to these questions. In doing so, the authors highlight the diversity of crises, both in intensity and in nature, while also shedding light on a diversity of causes, be it microcredit organizations unprepared for massive growth, saturated local economies or greedy investors and shareholders attracted by profits. Crucially, the authors demonstrate that microcredit is not a monolithic project, and the crises should also be analysed in the light of national histories and policies. An original and necessary intervention in what has become one of the most contentious topics within the development world.--Publisher website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Microcredit crises and unsustainable growth: a management perspective /
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Estimating levels of credit market saturation /
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Microcredit crises and the absorption capacity of local economies /
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Is the demand for microcredit in rural Tamil Nadu sustainable? /
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How good repayment performances can harm borrowers: evidence from the Dominican Republic /
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Also published in print
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781783603763
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781783603756
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1783603755
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ISBN 9781783603749
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ISBN 1783603747
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ISBN 9781783603770
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ISBN 9781783603787
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781783603756
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350250932
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