Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
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While microenterprise development organizations have long been active in the personal finance space, many have begun to expand their work in this area to include a focus on credit building. In this case study, FIELD highlights the work of DC-based Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC). LEDC has incorporated new elements of this work into its microenterprise programming and the case offers initial lessons drawn from its experience.