The Resource Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
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- Summary
- A microfinance Industry insider offers a shocking account of corruption and betrayal of the poor by an industry supposedly dedicated to doing good. Hugh SInclair is one of the rare field workers who has seen microloans at ground level; he concludes that predatory lending and profit pressure are causing most microloans to do far more harm than good. This is the sad tale of a good idea gone horribly bad
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (289 pages).
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Thou Shalt Not Criticize Microfinance; 2 Baptism in Mexico; 3 Bob Dylan and I in Mozambique; 4 Another Mozambican Civil War; 5 The "Developed" World; 6 Something Not Quite Right in Nigeria; 7 Something Not Quite Right in Holland; 8 In Front of the Judge; 9 Rustling Dutch Feathers; 10 Blowing the Whistle from Mongolia; 11 Enter the New York Times; 12 Collapse, Suicide, and Muhammad Yunus; 13 The Good, the Bad, and the Poor; Appendix: Microfinance Economics 101; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
- WY; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9781609945206
- Label
- Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
- Title
- Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic
- Title remainder
- How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A microfinance Industry insider offers a shocking account of corruption and betrayal of the poor by an industry supposedly dedicated to doing good. Hugh SInclair is one of the rare field workers who has seen microloans at ground level; he concludes that predatory lending and profit pressure are causing most microloans to do far more harm than good. This is the sad tale of a good idea gone horribly bad
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sinclair, Hugh
- Dewey number
- 332
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG178.3 .S56 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- BK Currents
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Microfinance
- Poor
- Finance
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Finance
- Microfinance
- Poor
- Developing countries
- Label
- Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Thou Shalt Not Criticize Microfinance; 2 Baptism in Mexico; 3 Bob Dylan and I in Mozambique; 4 Another Mozambican Civil War; 5 The "Developed" World; 6 Something Not Quite Right in Nigeria; 7 Something Not Quite Right in Holland; 8 In Front of the Judge; 9 Rustling Dutch Feathers; 10 Blowing the Whistle from Mongolia; 11 Enter the New York Times; 12 Collapse, Suicide, and Muhammad Yunus; 13 The Good, the Bad, and the Poor; Appendix: Microfinance Economics 101; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
- WY; About the Author
- Control code
- 795120566
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (289 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781609945206
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- cl0500000171
- 8009700b-e335-4371-bba5-efa06ca04e31
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795120566
- Label
- Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Thou Shalt Not Criticize Microfinance; 2 Baptism in Mexico; 3 Bob Dylan and I in Mozambique; 4 Another Mozambican Civil War; 5 The "Developed" World; 6 Something Not Quite Right in Nigeria; 7 Something Not Quite Right in Holland; 8 In Front of the Judge; 9 Rustling Dutch Feathers; 10 Blowing the Whistle from Mongolia; 11 Enter the New York Times; 12 Collapse, Suicide, and Muhammad Yunus; 13 The Good, the Bad, and the Poor; Appendix: Microfinance Economics 101; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
- WY; About the Author
- Control code
- 795120566
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (289 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781609945206
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- cl0500000171
- 8009700b-e335-4371-bba5-efa06ca04e31
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)795120566
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