Microfinance in good times and bad: Yankee ingenuity keeps microfinance strong

Gina Harman and Matthew Royles

Communities and Banking, 2009, issue Spr, 12-14

Abstract: With banks still facing challenges, alternative sources of credit are likely to play an increasingly important role in financing small businesses. The authors describe what ACCION USA has learned as its approach to microlending has evolved.

Keywords: Commercial credit; Small business - New England; Commercial loans - New England; Commercial loans; small business finance; Commercial credit - New England (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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