Learning from South-North Links in Microfinance

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Editor(s)
Rogaly, Ben
Roche, Chris
Publication date
2000-01-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Economics
Keywords
Development methods
Finance
Microfinance

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Oxfam Working Papers
Document type
Discussion paper
Description
Three of the four papers in this collection were originally presented at a meeting of the NGO study group of the Development Studies Association. The aim was to explore the similarities and differences between microfinance experiences in various countries, and the extent to which lessons from successful microfinance schemes in the South could be relevant and helpful for practice in the North. The message which emerges from these papers is the importance of the specific situation in which a microfinance scheme operates, and the need for caution in transferring models developed in a particular context to a different one. What can be shared are strategies that cape with diversity and difference, that are based on adaptation and learning through doing, and that are grounded in a common understanding of what it means to struggle for change in one's own society.
Table of contents
Editorial: Learning about learning on microfinance North and South, Chris Roche and Ben Rogaly; Microfinance North and South: contrasting current debates, Susan Johnson; Microcredit for poverty alleviation in the North: convergence of what for whom ?, Ruth Pearson; Combating financial exclusion through co-operatives: is there a role for external assistance?, Ben Rogaly; South-North lessons in microfinance and the role of social investment, Malcolm Hayday and Mary Locke
Pages
44
ISBN
978-0-85598-408-3
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/121043
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https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/learning-from-south-north-links-in-microfinance-121043
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