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The Resource Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor, (electronic resource)

Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor, (electronic resource)

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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
Work
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Extent
1 online resource (289 p.)
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
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9781609945206
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http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8009700B-E335-4371-BBA5-EFA06CA04E31
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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
Creator
Subject
Genre
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
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Sinclair, Hugh
Dewey number
332
Index
no index present
LC call number
HG178.3 .S56 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
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  • Microfinance
  • Poor
  • Finance
  • Finance
  • Microfinance
  • Poor
  • Business
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Label
Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor, (electronic resource)
Link
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8009700B-E335-4371-BBA5-EFA06CA04E31
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Publication
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
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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
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (289 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781609945206
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)795120566
Label
Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic : How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor, (electronic resource)
Link
http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8009700B-E335-4371-BBA5-EFA06CA04E31
Publication
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
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (289 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781609945206
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)795120566

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