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Confronting Microfinance: Undermining Sustainable Development
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Description for Confronting Microfinance: Undermining Sustainable Development
Paperback. Deals with the debates on microfinance claims. This title focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for microfinance and microcredit programs. It charts actual economic and social impacts registered in Southeast Europe, both in the context of post-communist transition and post-conflict reconstruction. Editor(s): Bateman, Milford. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; KCA; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
This title uses empirical evidence and contributor fieldwork to get at the heart of debates on microfinance claims. It incorporates global perspective but focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for microfinance and microcredit programs. Despite the popularity of microfinance, it's 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 ... Read more
This title uses empirical evidence and contributor fieldwork to get at the heart of debates on microfinance claims. It incorporates global perspective but focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for microfinance and microcredit programs. Despite the popularity of microfinance, it's 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Kumarian Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
West Hartford, CT, United States
ISBN
9781565493414
SKU
V9781565493414
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Ref
99-3
About
Milford Bateman is a Croatia-based freelance consultant specialising in sustainable local economic development policy and community development strategies in the Western Balkans.
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