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Replicating Microfinance in the United States »
Authors: James H. Carr (Editor), Zhong Yi Tong (Editor), Richard Taub
ISBN-13: 9781930365117, ISBN-10: 193036511X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: James H. Carr
James H. Carr is senior vice president for innovation, research, and technology at the Fannie Mae Foundation. Zhong Yi Tong is senior research fellow in housing finance and economics. Replicating Microfinance in the United States is based on papers presented at an October 2001 conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Book Synopsis
US researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and grant makers in microfinance and related fields gathered in Washington, DC in October 2001 to discuss reproducing the approach in the US; it has been used across the non-industrial world for two decades. The conference was part of a research project initiated by the Fannie Mae Foundation in 1999. Distributed in the US by Johns Hopkins University Press. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Tables | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction: Replicating Microfinance in the United States - An Overview | 1 | |
| 1 | Opportunities and Challenges for Microfinance in the United States | 19 |
| 2 | Microfinance in Developing Countries | 65 |
| 3 | Current Foundations of Microfinance Best Practices in Developing Countries | 97 |
| 4 | Microfinance in Industrial Countries: Lessons from the World Bank's Experience | 113 |
| 5 | Financial Sustainability in U.S. Microfinance Organizations: Lessons from Developing Countries | 137 |
| 6 | Fulfilling the Potential of the U.S. Microenterprise Strategy | 169 |
| 7 | The Challenges of Outreach and Sustainability for U.S. Microcredit Programs | 191 |
| 8 | From South to North: A Comparative Study of Group-Based Microcredit Programs in Developing Countries and the United States | 223 |
| 9 | Microfinance and Low- and Moderate-Income Lending for Housing in Emerging Markets and the United States | 257 |
| 10 | Microfinance of Progressive Housing: Can Techniques from Developing Countries Be Adapted in the United States? | 299 |
| 11 | The Future of Microfinance in the United States: Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives | 331 |
| Contributors | 361 | |
| Index | 369 |
Subjects
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Professional Finance & Investing Credit & Debt
Business Books Professional Finance & Investing Microfinance
Professional Finance & Investing Credit & DebtBusiness Books
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