Southeast Asia's credit revolution [[electronic resource] ] : from moneylenders to microfinance / / edited by Aditya Goenka and David Henley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465589403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• ISBN: 0-203-87408-0; 1-299-28502-3; 1-135-25559-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 90
• Altri autori (Persone): GoenkaAditya; HenleyDavid <1963->
• Disciplina: 332.70959
• Soggetti: Microfinance - Southeast Asia; Credit - Southeast Asia; 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: Introduction: from moneylenders to microfinance in southeast Asia / David Henley and Aditya Goenka -- Rural credit market imperfections and the role of microfinance / Aditya Goenka -- Old and new worlds of microfinance in Europe and Asia / Hans Dieter Seibel -- Credit provision among Vietnamese small businesses / Stephen J. Appold and Nguyen Quy Thanh -- Pawnships in Singapore: traditional microfinance in a modern society / Selina Ching Chan and David T. Owyong -- The Indonesian people's credit banks (BPR) / Dirk Steinwand -- Breaking the barriers of microfinance: the Philippine case / Benjamin R. Quiñones Jr. -- Economic theory meets evidence in rural Thailand: lessons for group lending / Christian R. Ahlin -- The effects of microfinance on the Orang Asli of Malaysia / Angeline L. Ames and Todd T. Ames -- Farmers in debt: the case of rainfed upland farmers in Northeast Thailand / Sharon B. Singzon and Ganesh P. Shivakoti -- Microfinance in Indonesia: evolution and revolution, 1900-2000 / David Henley -- Microfinance in Burma / Sean Turnell.
• Sommario/riassunto: Southeast Asia's Credit Revolution describes and explains the rise of ; microfinance - the provision of credit and other financial services for the poor - in Southeast Asia, over the past four decades the most consistently successful region of the developing world. In recent years microfinance has come to be seen as a key weapon in the battle against global poverty, generating more enthusiasm and optimism than any other development strategy.Southeast Asia has a special place in the history of microfinance. Historically, Southeast Asian societies and economies were perce