Microenterprise: human reconstruction in America's inner cities
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Microenterprise loans offer a promising approach to breaking the cycle of poverty in the inner cities. Microenterprises typically employ less than five people and begin with loans under $5,000. The successful Grameen Bank, a borrowers' cooperative in Bangladesh, provides the model for microenterprise lending, which does not require collateral. The Women's Self-Employment Project in Chicago, IL, began a program in 1988 modeled on the Grameen Bank approach. The adoption of microenterprise lending to the US urban environment faces a number of obstacles but does offer hope.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0193-4872
Year: 1992
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Problems of reconstruction
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Pres. Nelson Mandela's economic program is enunciated fully in the African National Congress' Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP). In its campaign during the 1994 elections, the ANC continually emphasized that the government's economic performance be judged through the RDP. However, other political groups should also give support to the RDP if only for its potential benefits to the country.
Publication Name: Journal of Democracy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1045-5736
Year: 1996
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World cities: London's turning
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Issues discussed concern the economic development of London, England, and its role within the global economy. Topics addressed include the London Development Partnership's plants to increase London's economic competitiveness and to rejuvenate business and cultural life.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 2000
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