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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809429503321

Autore

Robinson Marguerite S

Titolo

The microfinance revolution / / Marguerite S. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

New York : , : Open Society Institute, c2001- <c2002 >

ISBN

1-280-09826-0

9786610098262

0-8213-8338-8

0-585-41690-7

Descrizione fisica

volume <1-2 > : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Disciplina

332.2

Soggetti

Microfinance - Developing countries.   Microfinance--Developing countries

Microfinance

Financial institutions - Developing countries

Poor - Developing countries

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

[1] Sustainable finance for the poor

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on how the demand for microfinance can be met on a global scale. It documents the contributions of institutions and of people who have led the development of commercial finance for the poor, and it analyzes the principles on which the microfinance revolution is based. In sum, this work offers a detailed overview of the development of microfinance over the past 20 years; a global view of microfinance in the developing world (largely excluding Eastern Europe); a thesis on the future path of microfinance; a coherent theory about microfinance--why it works when so many other deve