Partners in Community Building: Mainstream and Community Development Financial Institutions

Kathryn Tholin and Valjean McLenighan

Describes the benefits of collaboration between CDFIs and mainstream
financial institutions; regulatory and legislative opportunities for
building and strengthening such partnerships, and an analysis of the
types of relationships that have evolved in recent years. Detailed case
studies describe how creative partnerships have developed between a
variety of CDFIs and conventional lenders.
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