Joan Parker

Microfinance and HIV/AIDS

This Donor Brief addresses how microfinance can play a role in helping families affected by HIV/AIDS and how microfinance institutions can plan for the institutional risk posed by this epidemic.

Microfinance, Grants, and Non-Financial Responses to Poverty Reduction

This note was written for audiences from development specialties outside the financial sector to provide guidance on where microfinance is most appropriate, and where complementary and alternative interventions are more effective.

Microcredit: One of Many Intervention Strategies

Microcredit is just one of many strategies that can alleviate poverty, generate income, and promote employment. This Donor Brief outlines for donors when microcredit will be successful, when it is inappropriate, and what alternative interventions can be used to strengthen the livelihoods of the poor.