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Bootstrap capital : microenterprises and the American poor

Author: Lisa J Servon
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lisa J Servon
ISBN: 0815778066 9780815778066 0815778058 9780815778059
OCLC Number: 41404327
Description: xii, 155 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : opportunity and constraint --
Learning from history --
Programs, businesses, and entrepreneurs --
Economic development or social welfare? --
Self-employment and the welfare problem --
Networking, social capital, and community development --
Conclusion : potential and pitfalls --
Appendix : methodology.
Responsibility: Lisa J. Servon.

Abstract:

"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."--Jacket.

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