Date: December 1, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Room 70, Minnesota Population Center (50 Willey Hall)
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Aryn Baxter, Tam Weiss, Yui Bi (Comparative & International Development Education program) and Brooke Krause (Applied Economics) are currently working together on a longitudinal evaluation of an entrepreneurship education program that includes increasing youth access to financial services. They will facilitate a discussion on the current debates surrounding microfinance. It promises to be a thought provoking time. Come and bring friends!
Questions:
Resources:
Sacrificing Microcredit for Megaprofits
Microfinance's Sober Reckoning
Loan Ranger
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Room 70, Minnesota Population Center (50 Willey Hall)
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Aryn Baxter, Tam Weiss, Yui Bi (Comparative & International Development Education program) and Brooke Krause (Applied Economics) are currently working together on a longitudinal evaluation of an entrepreneurship education program that includes increasing youth access to financial services. They will facilitate a discussion on the current debates surrounding microfinance. It promises to be a thought provoking time. Come and bring friends!
Questions:
- What are the distinguishing features of microfinance?
- Is microfinance better for the poor than other forms of finance, such as moneylenders or banks?
- Have microfinance programs diverted attention from more pro-poor interventions?
- Is there an appropriate role for microfinance in poverty alleviation?
- Based on perspectives from your discipline, what critical issues, theoretical or practical implications are raised from using microfinance as a tool to achieve poverty alleviation?
Resources:
Sacrificing Microcredit for Megaprofits
Microfinance's Sober Reckoning
Loan Ranger
