Replicating Microfinance in the United States
"With the publication of this volume, knowledge and understanding of the practices of delivering micro-credit reach a new level of consolidation, and the stage is set for important further steps."—from the Foreword by Richard P. Taub, University of Chicago\ Microfinance was pioneered in the developing world as the lending of small amounts of money to entrepreneurs who lacked the kinds of credentials and collateral demanded by banks. Similar practices spread from the developing to the...
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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
TablesForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Replicating Microfinance in the United States - An Overview11Opportunities and Challenges for Microfinance in the United States192Microfinance in Developing Countries653Current Foundations of Microfinance Best Practices in Developing Countries974Microfinance in Industrial Countries: Lessons from the World Bank's Experience1135Financial Sustainability in U.S. Microfinance Organizations: Lessons from Developing Countries1376Fulfilling the Potential of the U.S. Microenterprise Strategy1697The Challenges of Outreach and Sustainability for U.S. Microcredit Programs1918From South to North: A Comparative Study of Group-Based Microcredit Programs in Developing Countries and the United States2239Microfinance and Low- and Moderate-Income Lending for Housing in Emerging Markets and the United States25710Microfinance of Progressive Housing: Can Techniques from Developing Countries Be Adapted in the United States?29911The Future of Microfinance in the United States: Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives331Contributors361Index369
\ Small Enterprise DevelopmentThis book offers a useful introduction to the international microfinance field for US practitioners interested in gaining a better understanding of effective practices and potential areas of connection.\ — Steve Shepelwich\ \ \ \ \ \ Savings and DevelopmentFinally, some reflections are offered on how the U.S. microfinance should evolve in the future... and on the links between microfinance and welfare policies.\ — Giordano Dell' Amore Foundation\ \ \
