Politics, Poverty, and Microfinance - How Governments Get in the Way of Helping the Poor

Informationen zum Autor By Brian Warby Klappentext 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 law and order, have a statistically significant impact on microfinance effectiveness. Zusammenfassung 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 law and order! have a statistically significant impact on microfinance effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1-IntroductionChapter 2-What We Know So FarChapter 3-A Model of Poverty ReductionChapter 4-Looking at the DataChapter 5-Microfinance in Brazil: A Case StudyChapter 6-Is Funding Going Where it can do the Most Good?Chapter 7-The Future of Microfinance

Product details

• Authors: Brian Warby, Warby Brian
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781498517522
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1752-2
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Globalization and its Costs; Globalization and Its Costs
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, International Economics, Political Economy