Proving the Double Bottom Line - An Analysis of the Discourse of Social Performance in Microfinance with a Focus on Private Foreign Investors

In this book I discuss the context and character of what is called social performance in microfinance by referencing discourse theories. I focus on the interest group of private foreign investors and examine in which way five organizations that define themselves as social investors - BlueOrchard, responsAbility, Oikocredit, Triodos and Triple Jump - influence the discourse of social performance. While fostering a trend towards commercialisation, they promise to reach a double bottom line , social benefits for poor people and financial profits for investors, at the same time.

About the author

Bernhard Obojes, born in 1984, studied Political Science and International Development at the University of Vienna.

Product details

• Authors: Bernhard Obojes
• Publisher: AV Akademikerverlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2012
• EAN: 9783639399400
• ISBN: 978-3-639-39940-0
• No. of pages: 116
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business