Additional Praise for
Small Loans, Big Dreams
“Alex Counts has spent his career building a movement to expand
access to fi nance for the world’s poorest citizens. He describes the
power of simple ideas to bring banks to Bangladeshi villages, and how
those ideas have traveled across continents. It’s an improbable story of
global proportions, told by a gifted story-teller with inside access.”
—Jonathan Morduch, Professor of
Public Policy and Economics, Wagner Graduate
School of Public Service, New York University, and
Co-Author, The Economics of Microfi nance
“Resist the temptation to dismiss Small Loans, Big Dreams as a mere second
edition of Alex Counts’ earlier Give Us Credit. This is far more than a
warmed-up paean to Muhammad Yunus, though Alex continues in his
role as the leading apostle and chronicler of a truly remarkable prophetic
voice for the poor everywhere in the world. Alex adds his own com-
pelling voice to show us that the success of microfi nance is founded on
the capacities of the poor themselves—the power of the individual human
spirit and the social capital of women’s groups that gives them the resil-
ience and resourcefulness to borrow, invest, save, and learn to value them-
selves and their futures.”
—Christopher Dunford, President,
Freedom from Hunger
“Counts has stretched my thinking around social investment models of
possibility through the compelling stories, and his dedication, evidenced
in this book. He gives the reader the gut knowledge that the rich/poor
divide issue does not need to be the failed challenge of our globalizing
generation. The book inspires around solutions with dignity.”
—D. Wayne Silby, Founding Chair, Calvert Social Funds
“Small Loans, Big Dreams provides an insight into microfi nance, as it
has evolved from the origins of Grameen Bank, led by Muhammad
Yunus, to that of a broader social and business movement. Counts calls
for business and social entrepreneurs to collaborate to make access to
credit more inclusive and to ensure that even the smallest of entrepre-
neurs share in the opportunity to realize their potential.”
—Bob Annibale, Global Director, Citi Microfi nance
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