Microfinance Challenges

Microfinance Challenges
Author: Isabelle Guérin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2005
Genre: Microfinance
ISBN:

Contributed papers presented earlier in a conference.

Microfinance

Microfinance
Author: Jude L. Fernando
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134333315

Microfinance is a burgeoning area in economics. This volume provides a much-needed historical, political and economic dimension to current microfinance knowledge, and fills a huge gap in published literature.

Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India

Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India
Author: K. Kalpana
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2016-07-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134860048

This book discusses women-oriented microfinance initiatives in India and their articulation vis-à-vis state developmentalism and contemporary neo-liberal capitalism. It examines how these initiatives encourage economically disadvantaged rural women to make claims upon state-provided microcredit and connect with multiple state institutions and agencies, thereby reshaping their gendered identities. The author shows how Self-Help Group (SHG)-based microfinance institutions mobilise agency and create channels of empowerment for women as well as make them responsible for alleviating poverty for themselves and their families. The book also brings out the importance of factoring in women’s dissenting voices when they negotiate developmental projects at the grassroots level. Rich in empirical data, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of development studies, gender studies, economics, especially microeconomics, politics, public policy and governance.

Handbook of Research on Microfinancial Impacts on Women Empowerment, Poverty, and Inequality

Handbook of Research on Microfinancial Impacts on Women Empowerment, Poverty, and Inequality
Author: Das, Ramesh Chandra
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522552413

One of the major tools of attaining proper development all around the world is complete financial inclusion, such that all classes of people can secure their lifestyles through access to financial services from formal sectors. Expanding access to resources and increasing self-employment opportunities help reduce poverty and improve social development. The Handbook of Research on Microfinancial Impacts on Women Empowerment, Poverty, and Inequality is an essential reference source that discusses the role of financial inclusion in gender equality, as well as economic independence and self-employment. Featuring research on topics such as inequality, collaborative economy, and social responsibility, this publication is ideally designed for policy makers, economic researchers, and academicians seeking coverage on social mobilization, capital formation, capacity building, and pro-poor economy designs.

The Role of Microfinance in Women's Empowerment

The Role of Microfinance in Women's Empowerment
Author: Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787144267

Delving into the effects of microfinance in both rural and urban communities, this book will be of interest to researchers of women studies, microfinance, and development economics.

The Handbook of Microfinance

The Handbook of Microfinance
Author: Beatriz Armendariz
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814295655

Handbook of Microfinance addresses the gap between clients who are benefiting from access to financial services via MFIs, and the potential market, which remains underserved or untapped. This gap can be attributed to a "mismatch" between what consumers, or potential clients, demand and what MFIs offer in terms of financial products. The scope of the book is wide. It includes 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. Lastly it features main lessons from informal finance and 19th-century credit cooperatives addressing the above-mentioned mismatch.

Microfinance and Its Discontents

Microfinance and Its Discontents
Author: Lamia Karim
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816670943

The first feminist critique of the much-lauded microcredit process in Bangladesh.

Microfinance Handbook

Microfinance Handbook
Author: Joanna Ledgerwood
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821384317

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.

Microfinance and Its Impact on Entrepreneurial Development, Sustainability, and Inclusive Growth

Microfinance and Its Impact on Entrepreneurial Development, Sustainability, and Inclusive Growth
Author: Das, Ramesh Chandra
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2018-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522552146

Microfinance is a broad variety of services, such as microcredit, for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and other financial services. As many smaller businesses and entrepreneurs may not be able to secure credit services, many microfinance promoters believe that it encourages entrepreneurial activities and inclusive growth. Microfinance and Its Impact on Entrepreneurial Development, Sustainability, and Inclusive Growth is an essential resource that empirically explores the role of microfinance in entrepreneurship development and the operational sustainability of microfinance institutions. It also highlights the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurship development in different countries and regions. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as risk management, women entrepreneurship, and strategic management, this book provides essential research for entrepreneurs, business managers, policy makers, researchers in the field of finance, and business professionals seeking relevant research on microfinance systems.