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Hi all,

Im undertaking a research Phd modelling small revolving loan funds for
community businesses and small co-operatives. If anybody has any advice on
the mathematics or conceptualisation of the problem I would be very
interested in hearing from you. Im looking at investment vehicles which
exist to combat the financial exclusion of social enterprises and at how
these loan funds can become more sustainable in the long term. I will also
want to model some qualitative variables and am not too sure how I would
go about this.

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Lyle Mitchell

The Open University
Faculty of Technology
Co-operatives Research Unit
Department of Systems
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
UK

+44-1908-653654
H.L.Mitchell@open.ac.uk

You should definitely get in touch with Elizabeth Keating at the MIT Sloan
School, who has done a lot of conceptualization work around this issue
(focusing on the Grameen Bank). I dont have a current e-mail address
handy, but you should be able to reach her through MITs directories. - Tom

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