Sherratt, Lesley <br/><br/>
Can microfinance work? :  how to improve its ethical balance and effectiveness 
Lesley Sherratt 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2016. 
 - xix, 230 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Part I. Empirics. The double-edged sword: the microfinance model and the moral hazards inherent within ; Poverty's panacea, or snake oil salesmen: does microfinance work? --  Part II. Microethics: the practices of microfinance. From empowerment to exploitation: MFIs and their borrowers ; From solidarity to coercion: the dynamics of group liability ; The dog not barking: a duty of care in microfinance --  Part III. Macroethics: the industry of microfinance. Silenced stories: the distribution of benefits & burdens within microfinance ; Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: microfinance and the informal economy ; The macro impact of microfinance --  Part IV. Making microfinance more ethical. Keeping the good eliminating the bad, transforming the ugly: how to practice microfinance ethically ; Wider lessons: what we can learn from microfinance for antipoverty development efforts. 
<br/><br/> Can Microfinance Work? presents a thorough-going and nuanced ethical assessment of the microfinance industry, drawing on the author's expertise in the fields of finance and applied ethics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199383191 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015035120 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Microfinance<br/>Financial institutions--Moral and ethical aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332