Handbook of Microcredit in Europe

Edited by Bárbara Jayo Carboni, former Director of Research, Fundación Nantik Lum, Madrid, Spain, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Professor of Political Economy and Economic Development, Autonomous University of Madrid and Co-Director, Forum Nantik Lum Lum Nantik, MicroFinance Foundation, Silvia Rico Garrido, Professor, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Professor and Deputy Director-International Master in Microfinance for Entrepreneurship, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Professor (Microcredit), Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-Icade, Spain, Karl Dayson, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Executive Director, Community Finance Solutions, University of Salford, UK and Jill Kickul, Distinguished University Professor, EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

‘Microcredit in Europe has had an uncomfortable birth, often not able to emulate the successes of the developing world either in scaling-up or in attacking poverty. But things are looking up, across much of the continent; this Handbook explains how. It will be an extremely valuable asset to practitioners and researchers seeking to make microcredit into an effective instrument of social policy.’

• Contents:IntroductionKarl Dayson, Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Jill Kickul, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Silvia Rico Garrido1. The Microcredit Sector in the United Kingdom: The Role of CDFIsNiamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan2. Microcredit in France: Financial Support for Social InclusionStefanie Lämmermann3. The Microcredit Sector in Italy: Small Initiatives in a Dynamic ScenarioSimone di Castri 4. The Microcredit Sector in BulgariaKostadin Munev5. Microcredit in DenmarkTuija Wallgren and Mohammad Naveed Awan6. Microcredit in PortugalManuel Brandão Alves7. Microcredit in AustriaSusanne Zurl-Meyer and Horst Maunz8. Status of Microlending in Germany: An Empirical Survey of Programmes in 2006Jan Evers and Stefanie Lahn9. The Microlending Sector in Hungary: Microlending to SMEsIstván Kovács10. Microcredit in SlovakiaAllan Bussard and Beata Dobova11. Microcredit in LuxembourgVéronique Faber12. Microcredit in NorwayElisabet Ljunggren and Trude Emaus Holm13. Microcredit in SwedenRanjula Bali Swain14. Microcredit in Belgium Annika Cayrol and Jean Marchand 15. Microcredit in Spain: The Role of Saving BanksSilvia Rico Garrido, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Bárbara Jayo Carboni16. Microcredit in RomaniaMaria Doiciu and Diana Bialus17. The State of Microfinance in PolandAgata Szostek18. Microfinance in the Netherlands Margot LobbezooConclusionKarl DaysonIndex