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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Brian Warby is assistant professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Warby
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498517546
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1754-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Globalization and its Costs; Globalization and Its Costs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education