been suggested. We place these developments in a social innovation process perspective by showing that microfinance …Microfinance is the provision of financial services to the financially excluded, usually the poor. We use literature …. However, the spread of consumer microcredit and uncontrolled growth of microfinance led to over-lending without adequate …

In the decade before the Great Famine, Ireland experienced a boom in microfinance institutions (MFIs). Taking a social … turbulent period in Irish history. Many contemporary writers saw microfinance as a legal means that could lessen the burden on …

Chapter 1. Different Forms of Microcredit and Social Business - Microfinance in Global History from the Late Medieval … Banks -- Chapter 11. Institution and practices of social assistant: Monte di Pietà of Rome -- Part III. Microfinance … -- Chapter 12. Endowed Charities: The Microfinance System Used by Charitable Institutions in Catalonia (18th century) -- Chapter …