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May 20th, 2009

Chapter 4!

Posted by David Roodman in 4. Background Check Tags: drafts, history

I am happy to get this monkey off my back! I have just uploaded a draft of chapter 4 in Word (doc) format and pdf. Update: New version, incorporating sbg’s comments: Word (doc) format and pdf.

This chapter is my attempt to survey the landscape of modern microfinance. It operates in two modes. Most of it, like chapter 3, tells history and individual stores, as a way of introducing the various types of microfinance. Solidarity group lending, for example, is introduced by telling Muhammad Yunus’s story, as well as that of Jeffrey Ashe of Accion. You’ll see the fruits of my learning about microinsurance, too. (HT to all commenters on that post.)

At the end, the chapter shifts to a statistical survey of microfinance today. These numbers are not done yet. An intern starting this week, Eben Lazarus, is helping me, and we should post an update soon.
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