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Author:

Sherratt, Lesley, author.

Title:

Can microfinance work? : how to improve its ethical balance and effectiveness / Lesley Sherratt.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xix, 230 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Microfinance.
Financial institutions--Moral and ethical aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.

Contents:

Part I: Empirics -- The double-edged sword: the microfinance model and the moral hazards inherent within -- Poverty's panacea, or snake oil salesmen: does microfinance work? -- Part II: Microethics: the practices of microfinance -- From empowerment to exploitation: MFIs and their borrowers -- From solidarity to coercion: the dynamics of group liability -- The dog not barking: a duty of care in microfinance -- Part III: Macroethics: the industry of microfinance -- Silenced stories: the distribution of benefits & burdens within microfinance -- Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: microfinance and the informal economy -- The macro impact of microfinance -- Part IV: Making microfinance more ethical -- Keeping the good eliminating the bad, transforming the ugly: how to practice microfinance ethically -- Wider lessons: what we can learn from microfinance for antipoverty development efforts.

ISBN:

0199383197
9780199383191

OCLC:

(OCoLC)920450238

LCCN:

2015035120

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)