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Confronting Microfinance - Undermining Sustainable Development (Paperback)
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Confronting Microfinance - Undermining Sustainable Development (Paperback)
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This title uses empirical evidence and contributor fieldwork to get
at the heart of debates on microfinance claims. It incorporates
global perspective but focuses on Southeast Europe, a key arena for
microfinance and microcredit programs. Despite the popularity of
microfinance, it's a field that remains remarkably under-theorized.
Most evaluations carried out by international development agencies,
academics, and 'independent' researchers focus on tweaking what
they see as an already beneficial system. Rarely are the very
foundations of microfinance brought into question. Instead, their
studies presuppose impact without evidence, ignore potentially
important issues, and utilize faulty evaluation methodologies.
Bateman and contributors provide critical perspectives on
microfinance that reach beyond the desire for technical perfection
held dear by almost all microfinance institutions. It charts actual
economic and social impacts registered in Southeast Europe to date,
both in the context of post-communist transition and post-conflict
reconstruction. It examines key cross-cutting issues, providing a
more holistic and comprehensive approach to microfinance. One of
the few books available that provides a robust critique of
microfinance, ""Confronting Microfinance"" is sure to fire up the
debate on this popular poverty-fighting measure.
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