2024-03-28T08:53:04Zhttps://keep.lib.asu.edu/oai/requestoai:keep.lib.asu.edu:node-1364342021-08-11T21:09:57Zoai_pmh:all136434
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.28876
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
2015-05
2017-04-15T09:00:44
93 pages
eng
Patil, Sharath
Larson, Elizabeth
Benkert, Volker
Barrett, The Honors College
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Department of Supply Chain Management
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The purpose of this study is to identify, analyze, and understand the concept of microcredit lending as a method of combating poverty, as well as the political, financial, and cultural difficulties of operating such an organization. The study investigates microcredit lending organizations (also referred to as microlending organizations or microlending banks) in the State of Israel and the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; these organizations are used as a case study to analyze the challenges faced by microlending organizations around the world, as well as an interesting lens to observe the geopolitical and socioeconomic difficulties of small-scale economic engagement in this area of heavy conflict. Finally, interesting patterns, behaviors, policies, and operating methods of microlending banks are scrutinized in order to deeply understand the challenges and philosophies behind microlending.
Gaza
Gaza Strip
Microcredit
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Yunus
Palestine
Microcredit Lending
Middle East
West Bank
Palestinian Territories
Muhammad Yunus
Israel
The Political, Financial & Cultural Difficulties of Operating a Microcredit Lending Institution in Israel & the Palestinian Territories