nmm 22 4500 ICPSR21580 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130620s2008 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR21580 MiAaI MiAaI The Microfinance Revolution [electronic resource] An Overview Rajdeep Sengupta , Craig P. Aubuchon 2008-01-10 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2008 ICPSR 21580 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-06-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. The Nobel Prize committee awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below." The microfinance revolution has come a long way since Yunus first provided financing to the poor in Bangladesh. The committee has recognized microfinance as "an important liberating force" and an "ever more important instrument in the struggle against poverty." Although several authors have provided comprehensive surveys of microfinance, our aim is somewhat more modest: This article is intended as a non-technical overview on the growth and development of microcredit and microfinance. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21580.v1 finance icpsr financial institutions icpsr financial planning icpsr international markets icpsr banking icpsr economic behavior icpsr economic change icpsr economic conditions icpsr economic recovery icpsr education icpsr financial policy icpsr loans icpsr ICPSR XVIII. ICPSR Publication-Related Archive Sengupta, Rajdeep Aubuchon, Craig P. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 21580 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21580.v1