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... conceptions of debt and credit, and interviewing the heads of other microfinance lenders to learn best practices, she conceived an innovative lending scheme and vetted applicants, selecting seven for small loans. Unheard of in this area, where microfinance lending is reserved for adults alone, this lending...

... women’s initial interactions with Namaste inform their perception that Namaste is more or less equivalent to the many other microfinance institutions (MFIs) that target women, which in turn shapes their expectations of the NGO and their participation. Women see Namaste as their participation as a “cost...

... This chapter provides an organizational analysis of Namaste, a foreign NGO founded by a successful businessman from California, Robert Graham, who was an early actor in the microfinance wave in Central America. Through a close analysis of organizational origins and trajectory, the chapter...