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Financial Inclusion, Market Failures and New Markets: Possibilities for Community Development Finance Institutions in Australia
by Ingrid Burkett and Belinda Drew, A Foresters Community Finance Occasional Paper; October 2008. Foresters Community Finance of Queensland argues that the lack of access to affordable capital is the major challenge to the growth of the fourth sector in Australia. In this report, authors Burkett and Drew broaden the traditional definition of financial exclusion in Australia to include not just individuals and families but also groups and organisations such as civil society organisations, social … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 4: Spring 2009
Tagged affordable housing, Australia, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Foresters Community Finance, fourth sector, job creation, marketplace, microfinance, Public Policy, small business development, social business, Social Enterprise, social inclusion, Social Investment
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