Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor

Name: Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic How Microlending Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor
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ISBN: 9781609945183

ISBN-10: 1609945182

ISBN-13: 9781609945183

Edition: 2012

Authors: Hugh Sinclair, David Korten

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Part memoir, part financial detective story, and part exposé, this is the account of a microfinance insider who joined the industry in the early 2000s with a newly minted MBA and the intention to do good in the world. But over the course of eight years, he became increasingly disillusioned and alarmed. Eventually he decided to do something about it: he became an anonymous source for The New York Times, providing information for a series of stories that covered an increasing number of microfinance scandals.The author traveled the world, from Mexico to Mongolia, with Nigeria and Mozambique in between, working for several banks, agencies and institutions. He saw microfinance at all levels,…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 8/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.41" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Richard Hall is Chairman of RH&A and Showcase Presentations Limited. He has written four books for Pearson, including Brilliant Presentation, Brilliant Business Creativity and The Secrets of Success at Work. His background is in marketing and advertising and he now specialises in executive mentoring, team building and strategic consulting.



Foreword



Preface



Thou Shalt Not Criticize Microfinance



Baptism in Mexico



Bob Dylan and I in Mozambique



Another Mozambican Civil War



The "Developed" World



Something Not Quite Right in Nigeria



Something Not Quite Right in Holland



In Front of the Judge



Rustling Dutch Feathers



Blowing the Whistle from Mongolia



Enter the New York Times



Collapse, Suicide, and Muhammad Yunus



The Good, the Bad, and the Poor


Appendix: Microfinance Economics 101


Notes


Acknowledgements


Index


About the Author