Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Books and Publications
Books and Publications on Microfinance
Featured Book
Small Loans, Big Dreams
by Grameen Foundation President and CEO Alex Counts
We are currently offering the following publications:
Papers
(download, no charge)
"Oikocredit and Grameen Foundation: Partnering to Grow Poverty-Focused Microfinance" Progress Out of Poverty Index™ Series (November 2008)
"Due Diligence: Social Investors Want Impact...and Quantifiable Returns" article in Microfinance Insights (July 2008)
"Reimagining Microfinance,” article in Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer 2008)
"Bottleneck for Growth: the Human Capital Issue", article in Microfinance Insights (March 2008)
MFI Capital Structure Decision Making
(August 2007)
"Improving Microfinance through Telecommunications", article in ESR Review (Peter Bladin, Spring 2007)
Microfinance: A Platform for Social Change (Marge Magner, March 2007)
Microfinanzas: Una Plataforma para el Cambio Social (Marge Magner, March 2007)
Factors That Contribute to Exponential Growth: Case Studies for Massive Outreach to the Poor and Poorest (Alex Counts, Roshaneh Zafar, and Erin Connor, November 2006)
Taking Stock of the Microcredit Summit Campaign (Susan Davis and Vinod Khosla, November 2006)
Thinking About Microfinance Through a Commercial Lens (October 2006)
Building on Success: The Next Challenges for Microfinance (Robert Eichfeld and Henry Wendt, September 2006)
Post-Tsunami Microfinance Initiative: 2006 Update (April 2006)
Measuring the Impact of Microfinance (December 2005)
Writings on Social Entrepreneurship (Muhammad Yunus)
Social Business Entrepreneurs are the Solution - in Arabic (Muhammad Yunus)
Village Phone - A Tool for Empowerment (November 2005)
Grameen Foundation MIS Toolkit (September 2005)
Data Standards for Connecting to Commercial Sources of Capital (August 2005)
Microfinance and Capital Markets Speaker Series (July 2005)
Tsunami/Microfinance Conference PowerPoint Presentations (May 2005)
Recovery from the Tsunami Disaster: Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development through Microfinance (Alex Counts, Liam Collins, Gene Octavio, and Vineet Rai, 2005)
Village Phone Replication Manual (David Keogh and Tim Wood, 2004)
Tapping the Financial Markets for Microfinance (Jennifer Meehan, 2004)
Microfinance Regulation and the Chinese Context: An Opportunity for Making a Major Impact on Reducing Poverty (Lynn Chia and Alex Counts, 2004)
Market Survey of Microfinance for Grameen Replication in the Dominican Republic (Andrea Findley, 2002)
Recommendations for the Creation of a Pro-Microcredit Regulatory Framework (Alex Counts and Sharmi Sobhan, 2001)
The Grameen Bank Higher Education Loan Program
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Books
When you order these books from Amazon.com, a portion of proceeds benefits Grameen Foundation.
Banker to the Poor: Microlending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
Give Us Credit: How Muhammad Yunus' Microlending Revolution is Empowering Women from Bangladesh to Chicago by Alex Counts
The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank by David Bornstein
Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing, by Scott Budde, CFA, Managing Director, Global Social & Community Investing, TIAA-CREF (Coming September 2008)
The proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Grameen Foundation’s Social Performance Management Center and Progress out of Poverty Index.
More Pathways Out of Poverty edited by Sam Daley-Harris with contributions from Grameen Foundation staff
The Poor Always Pay Back: The Grameen II Story by Asif Dowla and Dipal Barua of Grameen Bank
Small Loans, Big Dreams
Transforming Microfinance Institutions by Joanna Ledgerwood and Victoria White with contributions by Deb Burand
Village Phone Replication Manual by David Keogh and Tim Wood
Grameen Microcredit to Grameen Kalyan Health Program for the Poor: Reasons for Optimism by Dr. Ruhul Amin (please check local bookstores for availability)
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Books and Publications
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.
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