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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807813803321

Autore

Armendariz Beatriz

Titolo

The economics of microfinance / / Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts, : MIT Press, 2010

ISBN

0-262-26582-6

Edizione

[Second edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso en línea (491 páginas)

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Microfinance

Finance

Microfinanzas

Libros electrónicos

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; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 -  Rethinking Banking; 2 -  Why Intervene in Credit Markets?; 3 - Roots of Microfinance:  ROSCAs and Credit Cooperatives; 4 -  Group Lending; 5 -  Beyond Group Lending; 6 -  Savings and Insurance; 7 -  Gender; 8 -  Commercialization and Regulation; 9 -  Measuring Impacts; 10 -  Subsidy and Sustainability; 11 -  Managing Microfinance; Notes; References; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

An accessible analysis of the global expansion of financial markets in poor communities, incorporating the latest thinking and evidence.