Replicating Microfinance in the United States - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1930365101 ISBN 13: 9781930365100

Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2002

Synopsis

"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 developed world, reversing the usual direction of innovation, and today several hundred microfinance institutions are operating in the United States.

Replicating Microfinace in the United States reviews experiences in both developing and industrialized countries and extends the applications of microlending beyond enterprise to consumer finance, housing finance, and community development finance, concentrating especially on previously underserved households and their communities.

Contributors include Nitin Bhatt, Robert M. Buckley, Bruce Ferguson, Elinor Haider, Chi-kan Richard Hung, Sally R. Merrill, Jonathan Morduch, Gary Painter, Sohini Sarkar, Mark Schreiner, Lisa Servon, Ayse Can Talen, Shui-Yan Tang, Kenneth Temkin, Andres Vinelli, J. D. Von Pischke and Marc A. Weiss.

Replicating Microfinance in the United States is based on papers commissioned by the Fannie Mae Foundation and findings from an October 2001 conference jointly held by the Fannie Mae Foundation and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

This 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 Small Enterprise Development)

Finally, 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 Savings and Development)

About this edition

• Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1930365101
• ISBN 13: 9781930365100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Carr James H., Tong Zhong Yi