| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section I: Background -- The Growth and Commercial Evolution of Microfinance -- Section II: Where We Are Now-What is Needed in the Future -- The Changing Face of Microfinance and the Role of Funders: Financing the Future -- Fifteen Years of Financing MFIs: From Microcredit to SDG Integration -- The Future of Microcredit Depends on Social Investors -- Microfinance Industry Concentration and the Role of Large-Scale and Profitable MFIs |
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The Future of Microfinance as Knowledge Management: The Experience of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation -- Refocusing on Customer Value: Meaningful Inclusions through Positive Partnerships -- Understanding the Impact of Microcredit -- Section III: The Challenge of Technology and New Product Innovation and Development -- Microfinance in the Age of Digital Finance -- Vision Statement: Microfinance and Digital Finance -- Governance in the Digital Age: Responsible Finance for Digital Inclusion -- Product Diversification: Consumer Loans for Education and Housing |
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Insurance for Development: How Has It Evolved and Where Is It Going? -- Section IV: A Geographic Perspective -- Asia and the Pacific: Tremendous Progress, but Hundreds of Millions Yet to Serve -- Financial Inclusion in India-A Himalayan Feat -- Inclusive Financial Development in China -- The Future of Microfinance in Africa: Differentiating East and West -- Vision Statement: The Future of Microfinance in Africa -- Latin America and the Caribbean: The Journey, the Gap, and a Vision of the New Microfinance Revolution -- Appendix: What the Data Tell Us -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"This book is based on the results of a workshop at Lehigh University among thirty-four leaders in the industry. The editors, working with contributions from more than a dozen leading authorities in the field, tell the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and they address key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 3, 2020) |
| Subject |
Microfinance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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Microfinance
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lieberman, Ira W., editor
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DiLeo, Paul, editor.
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Watkins, Todd A., editor.
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Kanze, Anna, editor
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| ISBN |
9780815737643 |
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0815737645 |
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