Some Books on MicroFinance

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[hai]

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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
http://www.amazon.com/Banker-Poor-Micro-Lending-Against-Poverty/dp/1586481983/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-9425891-5539635?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180297242&

The Economics of Microfinance
http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Microfinance-Beatriz-Armend%C3%A1riz/dp/0262012162/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-9425891-5539635?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180297548&sr=1-2

Or you can go to Amazon and search for microfinance for additional titles.

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[RichardF]

These also are listed on the Kiva Microfinance page in the  books section.

[Dottie b]

I'm reading "Banker to the Poor," and it's wonderful!

Yunus, founder of the Grameen bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a terrific writer! He starts at the beginning, with his own life in Bangladesh, and tells how he inadvertently got started in banking for the poor. It all began when he discovered that 2 cents a day would turn a woman's life around! We go with him every step.

It's basically a memoir, but we learn a LOT about how one model of microfinancing works, and a lot about how the poor people there live.

READ THIS ONE!

Dottie B

[RichardF]

And don't forget the videos! 

DVD Series – Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor