Message-ID: <9601128241.AA824154101@hudsmtphq.hud.gov> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 11:41:41 EST From: Michael Patterson <mailto:Michael_O._Patterson@HUD.GOV> Subject: Re[2]: 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 on the issue of micro-credit:>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.
-------------- ----This government employee works his tail end off trying to keep up with ever-increasing workload. He produces handbooks on his own time, due to need. Economic development is a major interest for people in my field, too.You guys are the experts. What Website has the most succinct, concise, easy to read yet detailed description of micro-lending? I'm trying to talk an agency in my state into sponsoring it, statewide, and need selling points.
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