Financial sector policy and the poor : selected findings and issues / / Patrick Honohan

• Autore: Honohan Patrick
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 77 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 332
• Soggetto topico: Microfinance - Developing countries; Financial institutions - Developing countries; Finance - Government policy - Developing countries; Poor - Developing countries
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Microfinance Penetration -- Non-uniform Development of Microfinance Across Countries -- Microfinance is Too Small to Threaten the Mainstream -- 3. Is Microfinance Different to the Mainstream? -- Differences Related to Scale, Style, and Subsidy -- What Prevents Microfinance from Expanding to Full Potential? -- 4. Impact -- Microfinance Impact: Alleviation More than Escape -- More Developed Mainstream Financial Systems are Associated with Less Poverty -- Poverty Gap Data Highlights the Need for Deeper Mainstream Finance in Africa -- 5. Protecting the Vulnerable -- Predatory Lending-The Liberal's Usury -- Combating Prejudice and Discrimination -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- APPENDIXES -- A Microfinance Penetration -- B MFI Scale and Profitability -- C Poverty Rates and Financial Depth -- D Predatory Lending -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1a MFI Penetration Rates-Top Countries -- 1b Borrowing Clients at "Alternative Financial Institutions" -- A1 Explaining MFI Penetration (Total Population) -- A2 Explaining MFI Penetration (Poor Population) -- B1 Sustainability, Size, and Focus -- B2 Return on Assets, Size, and Focus -- C1 Poverty and Financial Depth -- C2 Poverty and Financial Depth (Alternative Samples) -- C3 Poverty and Financial Depth (Additional Variables) -- LIST OF FIGURES -- 1a MFI Penetration -- 1b Credit Penetration by "Alternative Financial Institutions" -- 2 MFI Penetration of Total and Poor Population -- 3 Penetration by Region (Clients) -- 4 Penetration by Region (Assets) -- 5 MFI Penetration and the Poverty Headcount -- 6 National Poverty Gaps Plotted Against the Size of Mainstream Finance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Financial sector policy and the poor
• ISBN: 1-280-08515-0; 9786610085156; 1-4175-5219-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807339003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank working paper ; ; no. 43.