Further Resources

Websites

AusAID: www.ausaid.gov.au
Case studies on Microcredit: www.gdrc.org/icm/icm-peoplebanks.html
CowBank Asia: www.cowfund.org
Global Education: www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au
Global Development Research Centre: www.gdrc.org/icm/
Grameen Foundation: www.grambangla.com/
International Women’s Development Agengy: www.iwda.org.au
Microfinance in Australia: www.social.uq.edu.au/research/MicrofinanceinAustraliaFinal.pdf
Microfinance Gateway: www.microfinancegateway.org
Reserve Bank of Australia: www.rba.gov.au
Royal Australian Mint: www.ramint.gov.au
Opportunity International Australia Ltd: http://www.opportunity.org.au/
United Nations International Year of Microcredit: www.yearofmicrocredit.org
World Vision’s One Big Village: www.worldvision.com.au/onebigvillage

CHANGE IN THE THIRD WORLD: GRASSROOTS BANKING IN BANGLADESH
Movietron, Netherlands, 46 mins: The controversial Grameen Bank is challenging the social norms in Bangladesh. Founded in 1983, the bank loans relatively small amounts of money to poor women. This enables them to set up small businesses and help themselves to break the poverty cycle. This insightful documentary can be used to illustrate and expand on many aspects of life in developing countries.
HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE IMPACT OF LANDMINES, WATER AND MICROFINANCE ON HEALTH
VEA 2001 34 mins: This video explores three aspects of development that have a positive impact on the health and lives of people in developing countries. Segments include how the provision of safe drinking water, the clearing of landmines and the introduction of microfinance systems to create employment can help improve the quality of life for individuals and society.
Videos available from the Grameen Foundation:: CBS 60 minute documentary - ‘Grameen Bank’

‘Faces of Microcredit’- stories of five women from around the world - Produced by the microcredit Summit Campaign

OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL: Included in this CD are 4 segments: one part tells about the life of the founder of Opportunity International, David Bussau; 3 case studies of Opportunity International’s work in East Timor, the Philippines and Ghana.

A History of money from ancient times to the present day: by Glyn Davies.
Publishers: University of Wales Press, 2002
All About Money Series:: by John and Jenny Barwick
Publishers: Heinemann 2002

Banks and Banking
Money through the Ages
The Price of a Dream: by David Bornstein
Publishers: Simon & Schuster, New York

In this 370 pages, hard-bound book, the Canadian journalist, David Bornstein, looks at Grameen Bank from the borrowers’ point of view. The book is absolutely captivating from the first page to the last.

Microfinance for Poverty Reduction: Development Bulletin No 57 February 2002 is available at http://devnet.anu.edu.au/db57pdfs.html
Which way now?: 30 years of aid in Bangladesh: No 332, March 2001, New Internationalist, Australia