Author: Elisabeth Rhyne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The history of the microfinance movement in Latin America, brought to life through the lens of the Bolivian experience. The study investigates the transformation of NGOs into formal financial institutions, examining microfinance under the conditions of commercialization and competition.
Mainstreaming Microfinance
Author: Elisabeth Rhyne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The history of the microfinance movement in Latin America, brought to life through the lens of the Bolivian experience. The study investigates the transformation of NGOs into formal financial institutions, examining microfinance under the conditions of commercialization and competition.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The history of the microfinance movement in Latin America, brought to life through the lens of the Bolivian experience. The study investigates the transformation of NGOs into formal financial institutions, examining microfinance under the conditions of commercialization and competition.
Mainstreaming Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Food and Income Security
Author: Gebrehiowot Ageba
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microfinance
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microfinance
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Microfinance for Bankers and Investors: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of the Market at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Author: Elizabeth Rhyne
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071713654
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
What promise did Sequoia Capital recognize in SKS microfinance (India) that it had also seen in Apple, Oracle, and Google? Why would Vodafone help distribute money via cell phones for millions of Kenyans? How did a Mexican retailer create a financial-services empire, Banco Azteca, that would serve eight million borrowers in five years? From its origins as a nonprofit poverty alleviation strategy, microfinance has become a viable business model for providing financial services to the poor in ways that allow for both social responsibility and profit, even in the midst of economic turmoil. Longtime microfinance expert Elisabeth Rhyne and her team guide readers through the landscape of financial-inclusion opportunities, providing lessons from companies around the world that are leading the way in earning profits while addressing global poverty. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors reveals: Changes in the market allowing for increased private investment in microfinance New technologies and delivery channels that reduce costs for small transactions Proven ways to overcome the unique challenges of serving customers at the bottom of the pyramid Innovative products for grassroots finance, such as mobile phone banking and microinsurance The extraordinary social value and business sustainability of microfinance Microfinance for Bankers and Investors breaks new ground by showing how microfinance attracts top organizations to engage in double and triple bottom-line business activities. With deep insight and clear vision, it examines the unique opportunities and challenges of providing financial services for low-income people. Inclusive finance gives companies the prospect of aligning social values with long-term business strategies. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors offers the facts and insights you need to enter this fast-growing market with confidence.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071713654
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
What promise did Sequoia Capital recognize in SKS microfinance (India) that it had also seen in Apple, Oracle, and Google? Why would Vodafone help distribute money via cell phones for millions of Kenyans? How did a Mexican retailer create a financial-services empire, Banco Azteca, that would serve eight million borrowers in five years? From its origins as a nonprofit poverty alleviation strategy, microfinance has become a viable business model for providing financial services to the poor in ways that allow for both social responsibility and profit, even in the midst of economic turmoil. Longtime microfinance expert Elisabeth Rhyne and her team guide readers through the landscape of financial-inclusion opportunities, providing lessons from companies around the world that are leading the way in earning profits while addressing global poverty. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors reveals: Changes in the market allowing for increased private investment in microfinance New technologies and delivery channels that reduce costs for small transactions Proven ways to overcome the unique challenges of serving customers at the bottom of the pyramid Innovative products for grassroots finance, such as mobile phone banking and microinsurance The extraordinary social value and business sustainability of microfinance Microfinance for Bankers and Investors breaks new ground by showing how microfinance attracts top organizations to engage in double and triple bottom-line business activities. With deep insight and clear vision, it examines the unique opportunities and challenges of providing financial services for low-income people. Inclusive finance gives companies the prospect of aligning social values with long-term business strategies. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors offers the facts and insights you need to enter this fast-growing market with confidence.
Microfinance
Author: Soumitra Sarkar
Publisher: Readworthy
ISBN: 935018012X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Microfinance is a useful tool for reducing poverty and building the capacity of the poor in management of sustainable self-employment, by way of providing financial services like credit, saving, housing consumption credit, insurance cover, etc. This book takes a holistic view of the various aspects of the microfinance programmes as adopted under Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) in India, with special reference to the state of West Bengal. Critically examining how SGSY operates in relation to funding the programme, bank linkage system, training and capacity building of beneficiaries, thrift, credit and governance systems of SHGs, marketing of SHG products, role of bankers and NGOs, and the perceptions of the beneficiaries. It also analyses the impact of the SGSY programmes on the socio-economic empowerment of SHG members.
Publisher: Readworthy
ISBN: 935018012X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Microfinance is a useful tool for reducing poverty and building the capacity of the poor in management of sustainable self-employment, by way of providing financial services like credit, saving, housing consumption credit, insurance cover, etc. This book takes a holistic view of the various aspects of the microfinance programmes as adopted under Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) in India, with special reference to the state of West Bengal. Critically examining how SGSY operates in relation to funding the programme, bank linkage system, training and capacity building of beneficiaries, thrift, credit and governance systems of SHGs, marketing of SHG products, role of bankers and NGOs, and the perceptions of the beneficiaries. It also analyses the impact of the SGSY programmes on the socio-economic empowerment of SHG members.
Transforming Microfinance Institutions
Author: Joanna Ledgerwood
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821366165
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
In response to a clear need by low-income people to gain access to the full range of financial services including savings, a growing number of microfinance NGOs are seeking guidelines to transform from credit-focused microfinance organizations to regulated deposit-taking financial intermediaries. In response to this trend, this book presents a practical 'how-to' manual for MFIs to develop the capacity to become licensed and regulated to mobilize deposits from the public. 'Transforming Microfinance Institutions' provides guidelines for regulators to license and regulate microfinance providers, and for transforming MFIs to meet the demands of two major new stakeholders regulators and shareholders. As such, it focuses on developing the capacity of NGO MFIs to mobilize and intermediate voluntary savings. Drawing from worldwide experience, it outlines how to manage the transformation process and address major strategic and operational issues inherent in transformation including competitive positioning, business planning, accessing capital and shareholders, and how to 'transform' the MFI's human resources, financial management, MIS, internal controls, and branch operations. Case studies then provide examples of developing a new regulatory tier for microfinance, and how a Ugandan NGO transformed to become a licensed financial intermediary. This book will be invaluable to regulators and microfinance NGOs contemplating institutional transformation and will be of tremendous use to donors and technical support agencies supporting MFIs in their transformation.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821366165
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
In response to a clear need by low-income people to gain access to the full range of financial services including savings, a growing number of microfinance NGOs are seeking guidelines to transform from credit-focused microfinance organizations to regulated deposit-taking financial intermediaries. In response to this trend, this book presents a practical 'how-to' manual for MFIs to develop the capacity to become licensed and regulated to mobilize deposits from the public. 'Transforming Microfinance Institutions' provides guidelines for regulators to license and regulate microfinance providers, and for transforming MFIs to meet the demands of two major new stakeholders regulators and shareholders. As such, it focuses on developing the capacity of NGO MFIs to mobilize and intermediate voluntary savings. Drawing from worldwide experience, it outlines how to manage the transformation process and address major strategic and operational issues inherent in transformation including competitive positioning, business planning, accessing capital and shareholders, and how to 'transform' the MFI's human resources, financial management, MIS, internal controls, and branch operations. Case studies then provide examples of developing a new regulatory tier for microfinance, and how a Ugandan NGO transformed to become a licensed financial intermediary. This book will be invaluable to regulators and microfinance NGOs contemplating institutional transformation and will be of tremendous use to donors and technical support agencies supporting MFIs in their transformation.
Microfinance Handbook
Author: Joanna Ledgerwood
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821384317
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The purpose of the 'Microfinance Handbook' is to bring together in a single source guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and create viable institutions.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821384317
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The purpose of the 'Microfinance Handbook' is to bring together in a single source guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and create viable institutions.
Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development
Author: Valentina Hartarska
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789903874
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a broader framework for understanding poverty and the corresponding financial needs of poor households.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789903874
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a broader framework for understanding poverty and the corresponding financial needs of poor households.
Microfinance Institutions
Author: R. Mersland
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113739966X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Research on MFI performance is still in its infancy. MFIs are hybrid organizations with dual objectives. Performance studies in microfinance are therefore less straightforward compared to performance studies in traditional banking research. This book contains new MFI performance research by top scholars from across the globe.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113739966X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Research on MFI performance is still in its infancy. MFIs are hybrid organizations with dual objectives. Performance studies in microfinance are therefore less straightforward compared to performance studies in traditional banking research. This book contains new MFI performance research by top scholars from across the globe.
The Handbook Of Microfinance
Author: Beatriz Armendariz
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814465577
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Handbook of Microfinance showcases an expansive collection of works from leading academics and field practitioners. In an attempt to understand the enormous gap between the limited number of clients that are currently benefiting from microfinance services, and the huge number of potential clients that are not, the selected contributions in this comprehensive handbook have one common thread: the prevailing mismatch between demand by clients of microfinance institutions and potential clients selecting themselves out for their demand for a wider array of financial products which is not being met.The scope of the book is wide, and explores successes and failures, main challenges and debates, methodologies for impact evaluation via random trials, leading trends in Asia versus Latin America, main efforts in Africa, the importance of value chains in Central America, ethical and gender issues, savings, microinsurance, governance, commercialization trends and the potential advantages and disadvantages of it. This exhaustive Handbook also features main lessons from informal finance and 19th-century credit cooperatives addressing the above-mentioned mismatch.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814465577
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Handbook of Microfinance showcases an expansive collection of works from leading academics and field practitioners. In an attempt to understand the enormous gap between the limited number of clients that are currently benefiting from microfinance services, and the huge number of potential clients that are not, the selected contributions in this comprehensive handbook have one common thread: the prevailing mismatch between demand by clients of microfinance institutions and potential clients selecting themselves out for their demand for a wider array of financial products which is not being met.The scope of the book is wide, and explores successes and failures, main challenges and debates, methodologies for impact evaluation via random trials, leading trends in Asia versus Latin America, main efforts in Africa, the importance of value chains in Central America, ethical and gender issues, savings, microinsurance, governance, commercialization trends and the potential advantages and disadvantages of it. This exhaustive Handbook also features main lessons from informal finance and 19th-century credit cooperatives addressing the above-mentioned mismatch.
Access for All
Author: Brigit Helms
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821363611
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
"Beginning with key questions about clients of microfinance - Who are they? What financial services do they want? What is the impact of financial services on their lives? - the book examines all levels of the financial system. It shows what works, what does not work, and where more learning is needed. By focusing on promising models and practices, it offers a vision of how to achieve financial systems that will ultimately offer access for all."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821363611
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
"Beginning with key questions about clients of microfinance - Who are they? What financial services do they want? What is the impact of financial services on their lives? - the book examines all levels of the financial system. It shows what works, what does not work, and where more learning is needed. By focusing on promising models and practices, it offers a vision of how to achieve financial systems that will ultimately offer access for all."--BOOK JACKET.