Community Investments

February 1, 1999

Articles on the revolving loan fund industry, microbusiness opportunities, NAFTA, financing special needs housing, and targeted loan products.

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Table of Contents

Editor’s Notebook
Joy Hoffmann Molloy
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Counting on Local Capital: Evolution of the Revolving Loan Fund Industry
Andrea Levere and David Wingate
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Maximizing Your Microbusiness Opportunity
Charles B. Wendel
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Responding to NAFTA: North American Development Bank Helps Hardest Hit Communities
Hugh Loftus
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Financing Special Needs Housing
Daniel M. Leibsohn
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Technology and Targeted Loan Products
Alan Fisher and Lucio Reyes
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FFIEC Releases Fair Lending Exam Procedures
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