REFORMATORISCH DAGBLAD
"Microkrediet gekaapt door profiteurs" - Refdag.nl
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11.be
"Microkrediet is een melkkoe geworden voor banken" - 11.be
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savings revolution
-- Kim Wilson
Huffington Post
"What a 'Microfinance Heretic' Has to Say to U.S. Microlenders" -- Elaine Edgcomb
responsible credit
"Microfinance sector still needs to become responsible – Insider account of the industry shows that there is a pressing need to get stakeholders to seriously responsibilise and regulate the sector for sustainabiltiy in the access to financial services worldwide" -- Responsible-Credit.net
Inter Press Service
"Banksters Hijack Microfinance" -- Inter Press Service
HUGH SINCLAIR ON KALW
" Today on Your Call: Who benefits from microfinance?" -- KALW Local Public Radio
East Bay Express
" The Microfinance Myth. A solution to global poverty? Not so fast, says Hugh Sinclair." -- East Bay Express
Microfinance Focus
"Confessions is frustrating and fascinating in equal measure … scathing without being unconstructive. The stories he recounts tell a much broader story - one which it is important to hear." -- Microfinance Focus
Mundo Microfinanzas
"Sinclair revela el descubrimiento de redes de corrupción y encubrimientos que comprometen a firmas pioneras de la industria a nivel global, combinando distintos registros narrativos: memoria, exposición, historias de detective financiero" -- Mundo Microfinanzas
David Roodman
"I can’t recall feeling such an acute combination of fury and delight at a book before." -- David Roodman
Daily Times
"A microfinance ‘heretic’ on how to fix the industry" -- Daily Times Pakistan
Common Dreams
"The Wolf Is Guarding the Sheep: Why Microfinance Needs Regulation Too" -- Common Dreams
The Whistleblower
"A Microfinance Whistleblower Tells the Painful Truth" -- The Whistleblower
spjnetwork.org
"From Wall Street to microfinance: How corruption is seeping into the financial sector" -- Freedom of Information FYI
Shelf Awareness
"Eye-opening…a must-read for anyone interested in economic and social justice." -- Shelf Awareness
microDINERO.com
"A thrilling and chilling read, which is hard to put down… makes a powerful argument and is meticulously referenced." -- microdinero.com
Care2.org
"Five Things You Never Knew About Microfinancing" -- Care2.org
Bloomberg Businessweek
"A Microfinance 'Heretic' on How to Fix the Industry " -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Spiegel online
"Sinclair's autobiographical book is original and thoroughly entertaining…a diary of an insider who describes his alienation from and lonely struggle against the cult-like microfinance community with wit and charm." - Spiegel Online
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Hugh Sinclair on The Street
"Big Bank Microlending Must be Reformed" — Watch Hugh Sinclair on The Street.com
Five Talents
"While a lot of books on microfinance can be heavy on procedure and light on narrative, Sinclair manages to mix in both to create a fascinating – and sometimes depressing – look at examples of MFIs that have gone off the rails. Nonetheless, this book is a must-read if you want to learn how to distinguish between good and bad practices in the microfinance industry."-- Five Talents
Hugh Sinclair on WBAI
Listen to Hugh Sinclair on WBAI -- "Talk Back"
Telegraph UK
"Microfinance is under threat from greed - and it's the poor who are suffering" -- Telegraph UK
Publishing Perspectives
"Why We Publish Whistleblowers" -- Publishing Perspectives
New York Journal of Books
“Hugh Sinclair is a brave and persistent guy… [who] knows his stuff. Channeling Michael Lewis sets a pretty high bar, and the attempt makes Microfinance Heretic more fun to read than most financial books.” -- New York Journal of Books
Publishers Weekly review
"An arresting exposé… told with almost cinematic flair." -- Publishers Weekly
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