Microfinance
Evolution, achievement and challenges
Selected by Malcolm Harper, this compilation comprises fourteen articles on the major developments in microfinance in the last twelve years. Some show how certain aspects of the field have changed quite dramatically, others cover issues which have continued throughout the period to preoccupy practitioners and policy makers, and others raise critical and worrying concerns about the future of microfinance. All have been written by experienced authorities, with practical experience, and several are widely regarded as seminal contributions. The reader will be useful for students and others who are looking for a wide-ranging introduction to microfinance, for national and international policy makers and donors, and for people who work in the field and are looking for a broad overview of trends and alternative strategies. Includes an introduction by Malcolm Harper, founding editor of the journal Small Enterprise Development
Published: 2003
Pages: 192
eBook: 9781780440859
Paperback: 9781853395611
| Prelims (Contents, Preface) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction | |||
| Malcolm Harper | |||
| 2. Financial innovations for microenterprises – linking formal and informal financial institutions | |||
| Hans Dieter Seibel, Uben Parhusip | |||
| 3. Savings mobilization and microenterprise programmes | |||
| Maria Otero | |||
| 4. Raising the curtain on the ‘microfinancial services era’ | |||
| Stuart Rutherford | |||
| 5. Towards a more market-oriented approach to credit and savings for the poor | |||
| Henry R. Jackelen, Elisabeth Rhyne | |||
| 6. Microinsurance – the risks, perils and opportunities | |||
| Warren Brown | |||
| 7. Regulating microfinance – the options | |||
| Robert Peck Christen, Richard Rosenberg | |||
| 8. Commercial banks and women microentrepreneurs in Latin America | |||
| Gloria Almeyda Stemper | |||
| 9. Credit for the rural poor – the case of BRAC in Bangladesh | |||
| A. M. R. Chowdhury, M. Mahmood and F. H. Abed | |||
| 10. The effects of liberalization on access to bank credit in Kenya | |||
| Peninah W. Kariuki | |||
| 11. ‘Are you poor enough?’ – client selection by microfinance institutions | |||
| Graham A. N. Wright, Aleke Dondo | |||
| 12. The holy grail of microfinance: ‘helping the poor’ and ‘sustainable’ | |||
| Christopher Dunford | |||
| 13. Is microdebt good for poor people? A note on the dark side of microfinance | |||
| David Hulme | |||
| 14. The managed ASCA model – innovation in Kenya’s microfinance industry | |||
| Susan Johnson, Nthenya Mule, Robert Hickson, Wambui Mwangi | |||
| 15. Empowered to default? Evidence from BRAC’s micro-credit programmes | |||
| Shahin Yaqub |
Malcolm Harper Malcolm Harper taught at Cranfield School of Management until 1995, and since then has worked mainly in India. He has published on enterprise development and microfinance. He was Chairman of Basix Finance from 1996 until 2006, and is Chairman of M-CRIL, the microfinance credit rating agency.
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