The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance market in Latin America. Supported by a globally-recognized industry player, it is the result of the efforts of two fledgling local entrepreneurs with a business model they believe can achieve a...

Robust economic growth is not possible without putting in place well-focused integrated programs to reduce poverty through empowering the people by increasing their access to the factors of growth, especially credit issues at the micro level. Bridging the gap between the potential demand for and...

An overview -- Introduction / Milford Bateman, Stephanie Blankenburg and Richard Kozul-Wright -- Development prospects in an era of financialization / Richard Kozul-Wright -- Microcredit and development / Milford Bateman -- Country case studies -- Looking through the glass, darkly : microcredit...

Over the past decade, donors of foreign aid quadrupled their annual contributions to trust funds at the World Bank. This earmarking of contributions to donors' preferred recipient countries and issues has raised concerns about the alignment of trust funds with the performance-based allocations...

Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice. The book presents empirical evidence...