Mainstreaming Microfinance

by Elisabeth Rhyne

Mainstreaming Microfinance does exactly what its subtitle claims – it tells you how lending to the poor began, grew and came of age in Bolivia. By the time you have finished reading it, not only do you feel that you have got to know the personalities involved in the microfinance movement in Bolivia, but you come away with a broad understanding of how microfinance influences and is influenced by broader economic and political changes in the country.