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Handbook of Microcredit in Europe
Social Inclusion through Microenterprise Development
9781848441941 Edward Elgar Publishing
This timely Handbook offers a unique opportunity to consider the performance and national context of microcredit initiatives within the European Union.
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Critical Acclaim
Contributors
Contents
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This timely Handbook offers a unique opportunity to consider the performance and national context of microcredit initiatives within the European Union.
Drawing together authors from a multi-disciplinary background and including complementary perspectives and interpretative analysis, this original Handbook examines which strategies and policies may affect how a particular country initiative fights against social and financial exclusion or fosters entrepreneurial behaviour with the use of microcredit. It explores the development of an Eastern/Western Europe practical divide in institutional practices and business models, whilst analysing the state of European microcredit and how the continent is adopting and adapting this developing world model for economic development.
This book will be an influential tool helping government and policymakers to target a new set of microcredit initiatives and programmes. It will also be an invaluable read for students and academics in economics, business, development issues and political science.
Drawing together authors from a multi-disciplinary background and including complementary perspectives and interpretative analysis, this original Handbook examines which strategies and policies may affect how a particular country initiative fights against social and financial exclusion or fosters entrepreneurial behaviour with the use of microcredit. It explores the development of an Eastern/Western Europe practical divide in institutional practices and business models, whilst analysing the state of European microcredit and how the continent is adopting and adapting this developing world model for economic development.
This book will be an influential tool helping government and policymakers to target a new set of microcredit initiatives and programmes. It will also be an invaluable read for students and academics in economics, business, development issues and political science.
Critical Acclaim
‘Microcredit in Europe has had an uncomfortable birth, often not able to emulate the successes of the developing world either in scaling-up or in attacking poverty. But things are looking up, across much of the continent; this Handbook explains how. It will be an extremely valuable asset to practitioners and researchers seeking to make microcredit into an effective instrument of social policy.’
– Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield, UK
– Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield, UK
Contributors
Contributors: M.B. Alves, P. Arnaudov, M.N. Awan, D. Bialus, G. Breskovski, A. Bussard, A. Cayrol, K. Dayson, S. di Castri, M. Doiciu, I. Erlichova, J. Evers, V. Faber, G. Galusek, M. Genet, N. Goggin, T.E. Holm, B. Jayo Carboni, P. Jonsson, J. Kickul, I. Kovács, M. Lacalle Calderón, S. Lahn, S. Lämmermann, A. Limone, E. Ljunggren, M. Lobbezoo, J. Marchand, H. Maunz, S. McGeehan, A. Mendes, K. Molenaar, K. Munev, M. Ploder, A. Rajska, S. Rico Garrido, M. Smolova, L. Surotchak, R.B. Swain, T. Szekfu, A. Szostek, T. Theves, J. Tvrdonova, M. Vircik, T. Wallgren, S. Zurl-Meyer
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Karl Dayson, Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Jill Kickul, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Silvia Rico Garrido
1. The Microcredit Sector in the United Kingdom: The Role of CDFIs
Niamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan
2. Microcredit in France: Financial Support for Social Inclusion
Stefanie Lämmermann
3. The Microcredit Sector in Italy: Small Initiatives in a Dynamic Scenario
Simone di Castri
4. The Microcredit Sector in Bulgaria
Kostadin Munev
5. Microcredit in Denmark
Tuija Wallgren and Mohammad Naveed Awan
6. Microcredit in Portugal
Manuel Brandão Alves
7. Microcredit in Austria
Susanne Zurl-Meyer and Horst Maunz
8. Status of Microlending in Germany: An Empirical Survey of Programmes in 2006
Jan Evers and Stefanie Lahn
9. The Microlending Sector in Hungary: Microlending to SMEs
István Kovács
10. Microcredit in Slovakia
Allan Bussard and Beata Dobova
11. Microcredit in Luxembourg
Véronique Faber
12. Microcredit in Norway
Elisabet Ljunggren and Trude Emaus Holm
13. Microcredit in Sweden
Ranjula Bali Swain
14. Microcredit in Belgium
Annika Cayrol and Jean Marchand
15. Microcredit in Spain: The Role of Saving Banks
Silvia Rico Garrido, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Bárbara Jayo Carboni
16. Microcredit in Romania
Maria Doiciu and Diana Bialus
17. The State of Microfinance in Poland
Agata Szostek
18. Microfinance in the Netherlands
Margot Lobbezoo
Conclusion
Karl Dayson
Index
Introduction
Karl Dayson, Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Jill Kickul, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Silvia Rico Garrido
1. The Microcredit Sector in the United Kingdom: The Role of CDFIs
Niamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan
2. Microcredit in France: Financial Support for Social Inclusion
Stefanie Lämmermann
3. The Microcredit Sector in Italy: Small Initiatives in a Dynamic Scenario
Simone di Castri
4. The Microcredit Sector in Bulgaria
Kostadin Munev
5. Microcredit in Denmark
Tuija Wallgren and Mohammad Naveed Awan
6. Microcredit in Portugal
Manuel Brandão Alves
7. Microcredit in Austria
Susanne Zurl-Meyer and Horst Maunz
8. Status of Microlending in Germany: An Empirical Survey of Programmes in 2006
Jan Evers and Stefanie Lahn
9. The Microlending Sector in Hungary: Microlending to SMEs
István Kovács
10. Microcredit in Slovakia
Allan Bussard and Beata Dobova
11. Microcredit in Luxembourg
Véronique Faber
12. Microcredit in Norway
Elisabet Ljunggren and Trude Emaus Holm
13. Microcredit in Sweden
Ranjula Bali Swain
14. Microcredit in Belgium
Annika Cayrol and Jean Marchand
15. Microcredit in Spain: The Role of Saving Banks
Silvia Rico Garrido, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Bárbara Jayo Carboni
16. Microcredit in Romania
Maria Doiciu and Diana Bialus
17. The State of Microfinance in Poland
Agata Szostek
18. Microfinance in the Netherlands
Margot Lobbezoo
Conclusion
Karl Dayson
Index
