Message-ID: <v01530501ad43fb42dbc8@[10.0.2.15]> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:51:00 EST From: Santiago Hileret <mailto:styago@INTERCOM.COM> Subject: Re: Revolving Loan Funds (fwd) To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Hi all: With a somewhat sly ;-) of the eye to those who vociferously claim no government employee EVER does anything useful, here's a recent post from Michael Patterson at HUD on the issue of micro-credit: >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:41:36 EST
>From: Michael Patterson <mailto:Michael_O._Patterson@HUD.GOV>
>To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Group Lending
>There are over 200 microenterprise and microlending groups in US. The
>Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) serves as a trade association
>for these organizations. Contact AEO at 70 East Lake St.; Suite 520;
>Chicago, IL 60601-5907; 1-312-357-0177. AEO will be holding its fifth annual
>conference in Providence RI, May 1-3, 1996. Between 300-400 attend AEO
>conferences, and this is the quickest way to get to know the field in the
>U.S.
------------------------------ Kenneth E. Loucks (mailto:keloucks@SPARTAN.AC.BROCKU.CA) wrote: : I have been asked to investigate the feasibility of establishing a : revolving loan fund to support self-employment and small enterprise : creation activities of a large group of disenfranchised adults in a : developing country.Peace
Santiago
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