| Description |
viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Key writings on microfinance |
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Key writings on microfinance.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- Introduction 1 -- MALCOLM HARPER -- 1 Financial innovations for microenterprises - linking formal and -- informal financial institutions 11 -- HANS DIETER SEIBEL AND UBEN PARHUSIP -- 2 Savings mobilization and microenterprise programmes 25 -- MARIA OTERO -- 3 Raising the curtain on the 'microfinancial services era' 37 -- STUART RUTHERFORD -- 4 Towards a more market-oriented approach to credit and savings for the poor 52 -- HENRY R. JACKELEN AND ELISABETH RHYNE -- 5 Microinsurance - the risks, perils and opportunities 72 -- WARREN BROWN -- 6 Regulating microfinance - the options 87 -- ROBERT PECK CHRISTEN AND RICHARD ROSENBERG -- 7 Commercial banks and women microentrepreneurs in Latin America 109 -- GLORIA ALMEYDA STEMPER -- 8 Credit for the rural poor - the case of BRAC in Bangladesh 121 -- A.M.R. CHOWDHURY, M. MAHMOOD AND FH. ABED -- 9 The effects of liberalization on access to bank credit in Kenya 132 -- PENINAH W. KARIUKI -- 10 'Are you poor enough?' - client selection by microfinance -- institutions 142 -- GRAHAM A.N. WRIGHT AND ALEKE DONDO -- 11 The holy grail of microfinance: 'helping the poor' and 'sustainable'? 150 -- CHRISTOPHER DUNFORD -- 12 Is microdebt good for poor people? A note on the dark side of -- microfinance 155 -- DAVID HULME -- 13 The managed ASCA model - innovation in Kenya's microfinance -- industry 159 -- SUSAN JOHNSON, NTHENYA MULE, ROBERT HICKSON AND WAMBUI MWANGI -- 14 Empowered to default? Evidence from BRAC's micro-credit -- programmes 172 -- SHAHIN YAQUB |
| Summary |
Selected by Malcolm Harper, this compilation on the major developments in microfinance in the last twelve years, show how certain aspects of the field have changed dramatically, the issues that have continued throughout the period to preoccupy practitioners and policy makers, and critical and worrying concerns about the future of microfinance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Microfinance.
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| Author |
Harper, Malcolm, 1935-
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| LC no. |
2003273982 |
| ISBN |
1853395617 paperback |
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1853395579 cased |
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8187374217 Samskriti paperback |
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