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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458350203321

Autore

Goldberg Mike <1956->

Titolo

Managing risk and creating value with microfinance [[electronic resource] /] / Mike Goldberg and Eric Palladini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010

ISBN

1-282-65744-5

9786612657443

0-8213-8235-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PalladiniEric <1956->

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Microfinance

Risk management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Risk Management: Preparing for the Unexpected; Chapter 2 Good Governance: Managing Internal Risk; Chapter 3 Interest Rates: Paying for Risk; Chapter 4 Microinsurance: Anticipating Client Risks; Chapter 5 Progressive Housing Microfinance: Building One Room at a Time; Chapter 6 Microleasing: Overcoming Equipment-Financing Barriers; Chapter 7 Disaster Management: Preparing for the Worst; Chapter 8 New Technologies: Providing a Path to Lower Costs and New Products

GlossaryIndex; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

In its new and developing role as a "knowledge bank," the World Bank can offer its clients much more than new financing (loans, guarantees or grants). It can also offer access to recent developments in international best practices, provide new knowledge sharing opportunities and facilitate the exchange of new ideas in a variety of fields. It can also use this new capacity to help local institutions address strategic and operational challenges. To that end, this book brings together the results of an eight-part series of presentations by leading experts and microfinance practitioners on issues