Money with a Mission Volume 1

James Copestake lectures in economics and international development at the University of Bath, UK. He has previously published research on the impact of microfinance in India, Southern Africa and Latin America. Martin Greeley is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. His research and publication are concentrated particularly on poverty assessment, rural development and development finance in South Asia and East Africa. Susan Johnson lectures in international development at the University of Bath, and was previously with ActionAid. She is co-author of a widely cited book on microfinance and poverty, and sits on the editorial committee of the Small Enterprise Development Journal. Her most recent research and publications are on gender, the evolution of financial markets and microfinance in East Africa. Naila Kabeer is a professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, and has published widely on poverty, economics, gender, social capital and social policy. Anton Simanowitz manages the Imp-Act programme at the Institute of Development Studies, having previously worked with ActionAid and the Small Enterprise Foundation in South Africa. He has published widely on participation and microfinance, and is on the faculty of the microfinance training programmes at Boulder and New Hampshire. He is currently advisor to the USAID poverty assessment tools project and the CGAP/Ford social indicators project. Katherine Knotts is a research officer at the Institute of Development Studies (Sussex). A graduate of the London School of Economics (MSc Economic History) and Drew University (BA Theatre and Political Science), her other research interests include post-conflict microfinance.