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This book sets itself apart from other microfinance literature by focusing on the context of social and economic change in developing countries and claiming poverty is not created by the poor. The book's focus on grassroots developmental entrepreneurship and alternative poverty-reduction strategies is of interest to policymakers. Students will learn how microfinance has grown worldwide and become central to socially-oriented and sustainable development.

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A seminal and ground breaking study--especially commended to the attention of the students of International Economics, and [it] will be of immense interest to non-specialist general readers with an interest in the welfare and improvement of third world country economics and societies.

A seminal and ground breaking study--especially commended to the attention of the students of International Economics, and [it] will be of immense interest to non-specialist general readers with an interest in the welfare and improvement of third world country economics and societies. A very readable overview of microfinance on three continents that would serve as a useful introduction for those who have a macroeconomic orientation to international development and are interested in understanding the world of microfinance and its possible contribution to the solution of international development problems.

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