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May 28, 2012 center for global development senior fellow david roodman talks about his latest book due diligence, an impertinent inquiry into microfinance. Microfinance, tries to debunk the common belief that microcredit takes out poor people. David discusses the evidence surrounding the effects of microfinance on the lives of the worlds poor and its implications on aid donors, within the context of his books key findings. David roodman has been the most consistent and articulate analyst of microcredit in recent years. An impertinent inquiry into microfinance, the journal of philosophical economics, v. I found this surprising, since i actually find his new book to be deeply flawed in all of its key ideas. Download due diligence or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Due diligence, written entirely in public with input from readers, probes the truth about microfinance to guide governments, foundations, investors, and private citizens who support financial services for poor people.
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He finds no evidence that small loans lift people out of poverty en masse but argues that financial services, like clean water and electricity, are essential to a modern life. Due diligence is one of the most important but least well understood aspects of the acquisition process. Review of due diligence, by david roodman the givewell blog. It is not, as many believe, a chore to be left to the accountants and lawyers. Revisiting the evidence, by david roodman and jonathan morduch 2011 is the most recent of a sequence of papers and postings that seeks to refute the findings of the pitt and khandker 1998 article the impact of groupbased credit. Roodman explores the financial needs of poor people, the history of efforts to meet those needs, the business realities of doing so, and the arguments and evidence about how well modern microfinance is succeeding. Some highlights from the david roodman and milford bateman debate on microfinance sunday, august 12th, 2012 aboutmicrofinance participated in the january 30, 2012 webinar debate moving financial inclusion beyond microfinance, between david roodman center for global development and milford bateman, university of juraj dobrila pula. Introduction the impact of microcredit on the poor in bangladesh. Today, we are talking about microfinance, and my guest today is david roodman, a colleague here at cgd and the author of a new and important book, due diligence, an impertinent inquiry into microfinance. Join the 2012 inaugural event highlighting david roodman and his new book due diligence. The answer to all these questions, and many more, lies with effective due diligence.
Yet, as david roodman describes in his measured book, the tale of microfinance is far more complicated and troubled, with significant changesmany technologicalon the horizon. An imper tinent inquiry into microfinance, called attention to the lack of evidence dem onstrating microlending s positive impact on poverty. A guide to making smart investment choices and increasing your portfolio returns. An impertinent inquiry into microfinance by roodman, david malin, washington, dc. David was a guest before on development drums back in 2008, when we were talking. David roodman has completed a thorough investigation of microfinance which has drawn interesting parallels from todays industry with the history of financial.
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