Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance

David Roodman

ISBN 10: 1933286482 / ISBN 13: 9781933286488

Published by Centre for Global Development, 2012

About this Item

Written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people. In particular, it explains the need to deemphasize microcredit in favour of other financial services for the poor. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
• Publisher: Centre for Global Development
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933286482
• ISBN 13: 9781933286488
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of customers, and garnered a Nobel Prize. Radical in its suggestion that the poor are creditworthy and conservative in its insistence on individual accountability, the idea has expanded beyond credit into savings, insurance, and money transfers, earning the name microfinance. But is it the boon so many think it is?
Readers of David Roodmans openbook blog will immediately recognize his thorough, straightforward, and trenchant analysis. Due Diligence , written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people. In particular, it explains the need to deemphasize microcredit in favor of other financial services for the poor.

About the Author

David Roodman is a research fellow at the Center for Global Development. He has been architect and manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project's inception in 2002.