Politics, Poverty, and Microfinance
How Governments Get in the Way of Helping the Poor
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 2015
186 pages
979-8-216-32530-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book analyzes the effect that government institutions have on whether or not microfinance contributes to poverty alleviation in the context of Latin America. It concludes that political and economic stability, as well as and law order, have a statistically significant impact on microfinance effectiveness. The conditions that promote poverty alleviation are not entirely the same as those upon which major microfinance investors base their funding decisions. The result is that much microfinance funding is going to the wrong places. This means that not only is microfinance not helping the poor, but under the wrong conditions it actually exacerbates poverty. The author arrives at these conclusions through a mixed methods approach, using both statistical analysis and case studies.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Graphs, 1 Map, 6 Tables
ISBN-13
979-8-216-32530-7 (9798216325307)
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Other editions
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Book
09/2017
Lexington Books
€72.08
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Person
Brian Warby is assistant professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa.
Content
Chapter 1-Introduction
Chapter 2-What We Know So Far
Chapter 3-A Model of Poverty Reduction
Chapter 4-Looking at the Data
Chapter 5-Microfinance in Brazil: A Case Study
Chapter 6-Is Funding Going Where it can do the Most Good?
Chapter 7-The Future of Microfinance
Chapter 2-What We Know So Far
Chapter 3-A Model of Poverty Reduction
Chapter 4-Looking at the Data
Chapter 5-Microfinance in Brazil: A Case Study
Chapter 6-Is Funding Going Where it can do the Most Good?
Chapter 7-The Future of Microfinance
