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A Little Help Goes a Long Way: Measuring the Impact of the StepUp Loan Program (?)	Discusses the objectives, conclusions and recommendations from the StepUP Loan program, which was a not-for-profit, microfinance program that provided loans worth up to $3000, repayable over a three year period at an interest rate of 3.99%. Published by the Centre for Social Impact. (?)
Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Muhammad Yunus (?)	Muhammad Yunus' memoir of how he decided to change his life in order to help the world's poor, tracing the intellectual and spiritual journey that led him to fundamentally rethink the economic relationship between rich and poor, and the challenges he and his colleagues faced in founding Grameen Bank. (?)
Beyond Sales: New Frontiers in Microinsurance Distribution Anja Smith, Herman Smit and Doubell Chamberlain (?)	Provides an overview of fourteen business models across South Africa, South America and Asia, summarising the issues and trends that emerged across different distribution models. Published by International Labour Organisation. (?)
Community Rated Health Microinsurance for the Philippines (?)	(?)
Confessions of A Microfinance Heretic Hugh Sinclair (?)	Covers the history of the microfinance industry and argues that microfinance fails its founding premise as many loans are used to maintain life, rather than encourage a leg up out of poverty. (?)
Crop Microinsurance: Tackling Poverty, One Insurance Policy at a Time Agrotosh Mookerjee, Dan Stein, Daniel Clarke, Dermot Grenham and James Sharpe (?)	Provides an overview of crop micro-insurance, two economic experiments and four crop micro-insurance products and discusses what actuaries can do. (?)
Discussion Paper on Strategies for Reducing Reliance on High-Cost, Short-Term, Small Amount Lending The Treasury (?)	Outlines a range of strategies and options to provide alternative assistance for those consumers who would otherwise utilise high-cost short-term small amount loans. (?)
Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance David Roodman (?)	A comprehensive analysis of microfinance and explains, in particular, the need to de-emphasize microcredit in favor of other financial services for the poor. (?)
From the Margins to the Mainstream - The Challenges for Microfinance in Australia Ingrid Burkett and Genevieve Sheehan (?)	Discusses the issues and challenges facing the microfinance sector in Australia, based on literature reviews and one-on-one consultations with key stakeholders, and also includes a directory of microfinance programs in Australia. Published by Brotherhood of St Laurence and Foresters Community Finance. (?)
Grameen Bank and Microfinance Josh Ling (?)	An introduction to Microfinance, and Josh Ling's experiences while training at the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Grameen Bank. (?)