We report the release of the book, "Microcredit and macrosperanze: Opportunities, limits and responsibilities" of Alberto Niccoli and Andra F. Priest (EGEA 2010). The volume will be presented November 4 at 18.00 at the Feltrinelli di Ancona.
Below is a brief summary, while here you can download the introduction and index.
Microcredit and microfinance are widespread phenomena throughout the world allow a lot of initiatives for the creation of new enterprises; level in the time consumption of many households with uncertain and sometimes become a modern form of the charity. But microcredit and microfinance are the panacea for all ills?
When and how do they work? What do we teach the experiences made so far?
These are just some of the questions the book tries to answer in a systematic and structured.
The conviction of the authors is that one must not fall into overly reviews positive (a little 'illusory), one must be clear about the increasing role of microfinance as an alternative to the rampant gigantism in the financial sector. And one must recall a few useful effects, including: the promotion of financial transactions not ends in themselves, the possibility of reducing inequality and expanding microcredit microrisparmio, the importance accorded to not only quantitative and qualitative information, the enhancement of interpersonal relationships and promoting the social and human capital.
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