Micro credit -Dissatisfied donors -Market failure -Win-win situation -Incentives to work
Market failure - No collateral -Money lenders, pawnbrokers
Micro credit today 29 million borrowers (1999) Ambition 100 million /2 billion people reached
Famous examples Grameen BankBangladesh Banco SolBolivia Bank Raykat Indonesia
History Bangladesh famine 1974 Mohammed Yunus, economics teacher Started to give small personal loans Founded Grameen Bank Million members 1996
Mechanisms Group lending Increasing loan size Weekly repayment and bank meetings
Social impacts Improve women's position Increase school attendance Better self esteem Many have been lifted out of poverty
But, no win-win situation 1 % of programs financially sustainable Probably 5 % of NGO programs will be Programs that target the poorest only cover 70 % of the costs. These programs will have to stop or raise interest rates to survive without further donations.
Discussion More poor people can be helped if the money is recycled in financially sustainable programs. That means higher interest rates for the poor Should poverty alleviation for the poorest of the poor be self financing?