Bootstrap capital: microenterprises and the American poor

"The microenterprise strategy - helping people start small businesses - has generated attention among policymakers and the media as a way to create jobs and help lift people out of poverty. Through extensive interviews and case studies of five diverse microenterprise programs in different U.S....

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1. Verfasser: Servon, Lisa J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC Brookings Institution Press 1999
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Zusammenfassung:"The microenterprise strategy - helping people start small businesses - has generated attention among policymakers and the media as a way to create jobs and help lift people out of poverty. Through extensive interviews and case studies of five diverse microenterprise programs in different U.S. regions, Lisa J. Servon examines the potential and limits of these programs." "She calls for a rethinking of expectations for this strategy, based on the experience of programs and entrepreneurs in this country. This book provides the basis for reframing policy support for these programs."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:155 S.
ISBN:0815778058
0815778066