Both in its institutional range and in its penetration of financial markets, the microfinance sector in Bolivia rivals any in the world, and has played a major part in extracting the macro-economy from meltdown since the mid-1980s. We seek specifically to assess its impact on poverty, and do...

Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political...

1. Introduction -- 2. The way forward : how do 'inclusive' alliances happen? -- 3. The fiscal politics of mineral development in Ghana -- 4. Zambia : democratisation without a 'social dividend'? -- 5. Bolivia : a 'hybrid' political economy? -- 6. The politics of inclusive fiscal policy -- 7....

1. Introduction -- 2. Scope and method -- 3. Financial performance of CDFIs -- 4. CDFI clients : impacts on individuals -- 5. CDFI clients : community-level impacts -- 6. Fiscal impacts -- 7. Where next?