More Pathways Out of Poverty - Softcover

9781565492295: More Pathways Out of Poverty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565492293 ISBN 13: 9781565492295

Publisher: Kumarian Press, 2006

* Follow up to the case studies presented in 2002’s Pathways out of Poverty
* Companion book to the 2006 Global Microcredit Summit

More Pathways Out of Poverty explores new practices in microfinance, some of them revolutionary, and draws on the success of the industry to illustrate the challenges involved in lifting clients out of poverty. Taken together, the contributions from leading microfinance leaders and institutions serve as a map for ensuring that microcredit contributes powerfully to cutting absolute poverty in half by 2015.

For more information about the Global Microcredit Summit, visit: www.microcreditsummit.org

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About the Author

Anna Awimbo is Research Director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign. She has had several years of experience working on women’s and youth issues to help identify alternative strategies for poverty alleviation. Her work has included tracking data to monitor the Microcredit Summit Campaign’s progress towards its goal. She co-designed and is part of the Summit’s team that coordinates trainings in Africa and Asia on the systematic integration of microcredit with education in child survival, HIV/AIDS prevention and reproductive health. Ms. Awimbo also serves on the Business Advisory Council of Five Talents International, an Anglican initiative to combat poverty through microenterprise development.

Review

"There are many books that survey the social condition of poverty - but far less which examine economic strategies for circumventing poverty in the world. That's why college-level collections must have this - it provides a roadmap for recovery and comes not from ideals but from leading microfinance leaders and institutions determined to cut poverty by as much as half."

"The message... should serve as a wake up call: it is about time that the effective use of microfinancing and microenterprise became part of the mainstream, and became thought of as a pathway out of poverty... highly recommended."

"Especially interesting as it condenses the experiences of numerous diferent microfinance institutions. For practitioners and academics alike, this book is a useful addition to the microfinance literature."

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