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Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
David Roodman
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Description for Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
Paperback. Written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people. In particular, it explains the need to deemphasize microcredit in favour of other financial services for the poor. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor are creditworthy and conservative in its insistence on individual accountability, the idea has expanded beyond credit into savings, insurance, and money transfers, earning the name microfinance. But is it the boon so many think it is? Readers of David Roodman's openbook blog will immediately recognize his thorough, straightforward, and trenchant ... Read more
The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor are creditworthy and conservative in its insistence on individual accountability, the idea has expanded beyond credit into savings, insurance, and money transfers, earning the name microfinance. But is it the boon so many think it is? Readers of David Roodman's openbook blog will immediately recognize his thorough, straightforward, and trenchant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Centre for Global Development United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781933286488
SKU
V9781933286488
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Ref
99-32
About David Roodman
David Roodman is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development. He has been architect and manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project's inception in 2002.
Reviews for Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
David Roodman has been the most consistent and articulate analyst of microcredit in recent years.
Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank
Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank