Featured publication: ‘Credit Management for Poverty Alleviation’

‘Credit Management for Poverty Alleviation’ links the ins and outs of enterprise and entrepreneurship with the introduction of credit management within the context of gender and development.

The book is part of the ‘Women and Entrepreneurship Series’ that focuses on how women can contribute to alleviating poverty by becoming skilled managers.

The publication gives an overview of some of the underlying issues of gender and poverty, micro-credit schemes and an analysis of credit management for entrepreneurs.

It further presents 16 country experiences of members in Sub-Saharan Africa compiled from a number of training courses and workshops for trainers on management of credit schemes for women entrepreneurs in Africa.

It also lists the different credit schemes operating within the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

This book is published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by SFI Publishing.

ISBN: 978-19011-27-31-7; xvii + 170 pages; price: £20.00

HOW TO ORDER

This title can be bought through booksellers or online at www.thecommonwealth.org/publications.

A full catalogue of Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Foundation publications can be viewed on the website, which provides a secure online buying facility. Orders can also be made through e-mail or by post. Pre-payment is essential. Payment by sterling cheque, international money order, postal order or bank draft must accompany your order.

Payment should be in sterling, drawn on a UK bank and made out to the Commonwealth Secretariat. If you require the order form as an attachment in Word format please e-mail the Publications Section (see address below). Post and packaging charges should be added to every order in the following way: UK orders: 15 per cent of order value (minimum charge £2.00). Non-UK orders: 25 per cent of order value (minimum charge £3.50).

Send orders to: Publications Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)20 7747 6534; Fax: +44 (0)20 7839 9081; E-mail:publications@commonwealth.int

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