The Virtual Library on Microcredit,
and Education, Research and Practice of Microfinance
           In attempting to index the contents of the Virtual Library on Microcredit differently, its usefulness to the Microfinance sector with respect to education, research and practice was used as defining parameters. It is difficult indeed to make such a categorization, particularly with the overlap of needs and uses - practitioners can easily draw lessons from the research being done, educationists can tailor their courses with the work that practitioners are doing etc. But creating the index was useful - it highlighted the current shortcomings of the homepage's contents, and the need for other emphases in the future.

The resulting index is given in the table below. Please note that not all features are covered here, and that some features cut across all three sections. (Please use your browser's "Back" button to return to this page.):


Education Research Practice
Cybercourse
Documents
Internet Resources
Libraries
NGO Cafe (Pigeon Holes)
Case studies
Country profiles
Research summaries
Bibliographies
Justforkicks
Internet Resources
Inspiring Ideas (Documents)
Case Studies
Internet Resources
Policies and Programmes
Credit Access for Women
Mailing Lists
NGO Cafe (Kickstart an NGO)
NGO Cafe (Wise Words)
Environmental Colours of Microfinance
Finance for microenterprises

It is interesting to compare this index with the list of 10 things you can do with the Homepage



Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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