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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451675103321

Autore

Ledgerwood Joanna

Titolo

Transforming microfinance institutions [[electronic resource] ] : providing full financial services to the poor / / Joanna Ledgerwood and Victoria White ; with contributions from Monica Brand ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, : MicroFinance Network

[Stockholm], : Sida, c2006

ISBN

1-280-56458-X

9786610564583

0-8213-6616-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (570 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhiteVictoria

Disciplina

332.109172/4

Soggetti

Microfinance - Developing countries

Economic assistance, Domestic - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; PART I Savings and Regulation: Principles and Policies; PART II Transforming the Institution: Strategic Decisions; PART III Transforming the Institution: Operational Implications; PART IV Case Studies; Appendix 1 Sequencing the Introduction of Public Savings in Regulated MFIs; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 provider