Politics, Poverty, and Microfinance: How Governments Get in the Way of Helping the Poor
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This book analyzes the affect 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 and law order, have a statistically significant impact on microfinance effectiveness. The conditions that promote poverty alleviation are not entirely the same as those upon which major microfinance investors base their funding decisions. The result is that much microfinance funding is going to the wrong places. This means that not only is microfinance not helping the poor, but under the wrong conditions it actually exacerbates poverty. The author arrives at these conclusions through a mixed methods approach, using both statistical analysis and case studies. -- Provided by publisher
Keywords
Microfinance -- Political aspects.; Poor -- Government policy -- Developing countries; Poverty -- Government policy -- Developing countries;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9781498517522
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Lexington Books
City
Lanham, MD
Department
Department of Political Science
Object Description
xvi, 161 pages ; 24 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Warby, Brian, "Politics, Poverty, and Microfinance: How Governments Get in the Way of Helping the Poor" (2015). Faculty Book Gallery. 263.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/263
