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Las Microfinanzas: Creación simultánea de impacto social y valor comercial

By: Michael Chu
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Abstract

Microfinance is the best known and most successful expression of inclusive business. When the disbursement of financial services in small sizes to enterprising people in the informal sectors of the economy is capable of yielding superior commercial returns, it enables an initiative started by NGOs and philanthropy to beocme an effective component of the response to poverty.

Keywords

Microfinance; Economy; Investment Return; Service Operations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Poverty

Citation

Chu, Michael. "Las Microfinanzas: Creación simultánea de impacto social y valor comercial." Debates IESA 15, no. 3 (July–September 2010): 26–30.
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