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1. Overview<br />

This chapter serves as the general introduction to this dissertation. It reveals the<br />

empirical rationale <strong>for</strong> this thesis, on which the objectives and central question of this<br />

research are based. Towards the end of this chapter, the research and report<br />

structure are presented.<br />

‘Borrowing money <strong>for</strong> a house or car is something people manage to do,<br />

definatly if they have a steady job. But borrowing money to start up a<br />

business? That is something different. Even though enterpreneurship is<br />

expected to have a possitive social impact’. (Groenevelt in Hen, 2010)<br />

Figure 1.1: Capital <strong>for</strong> Small Businesses (The Economist, 2010)<br />

!<br />

Elmar Hoogendoorn 2<br />

<strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Microfinance</strong>

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