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Mean Creek (DVD)
Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, …
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R156
Discovery Miles 1 560
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Three young high school friends come up with a plan to free
themselves from the attentions of George (Josh Peck), the school
bully, in this dark coming-of-age American drama. Taking George
with them on a boat trip to celebrate Sam's (Rory Culkin) birthday,
the group plan a brutal prank that will humiliate George and
finally put him in his place. But when Sam begins to understand
that George is merely lonely and confused, and desperate for
friendship, he begins to have misgivings. Despite these misgivings,
events have been put in motion that none of the boys can stop.
This book presents the findings of a five-year action research
programme into how far poverty-oriented microfinance institutions
(MFIs) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are contributing to
global poverty reduction, and how they can do so more effectively.
Martin Greeley reviews evidence on their success in reaching poorer
clients and improving the average income and wealth of their
clients (chs 2&3). Naila Kabeer reviews evidence on performance
against a wider array of indicators, including women's empowerment,
citizenship rights, and social inclusion (chs.4&5). Both
authors highlight methodological difficulties associated with
assessing impact, but are cautiously positive. Susan Johnson is
more cautious, suggesting that the contribution of MFIs to the
overall growth of financial services in selected parts of Africa
and India remains small (ch.6). James Copestake reviews evidence on
the organizational factors that influence achievement of MFIs'
social as well as financial goals, as well as progress in routinely
monitoring and managing social performance (ch.7&8). He and
Anton Simanowitz then make clear and simple suggestions for how
this can be done better (ch.9). This covers how MFIs can manage
their 'double bottom lines' more effectively, as well as what
public and private investors in microfinance can do to help them.
The bigger challenge, linking up with the wider movement for
corporate social responsibility, is to find ways to do so across
the entire financial sector.
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Haunted Flagstaff (Hardcover)
Susan Johnson; Afterword by Karen J. Renner
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R1,035
R825
Discovery Miles 8 250
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