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Micro-Finance Systems [Paperback]

Graham Wright (Author)

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Publication Date: September 2000 | ISBN-10: 1856497887 | ISBN-13: 978-1856497886

This volume addresses the cutting edge issues in micro-finance, including: how far micro-finance can contribute to reducing poverty, enhancing women's status, empowering poor clients and improving the health, nutrition and education of the poor; the role of savings in micro-finance; how to recruit, develop and maintain high-quality clients; and how to replicate successful micro-finance systems. The second section provides a practical guide, with examples of how to design micro-finance systems that deliver quality financial services to the poor. The third section features two case studies of two very different systems. The book discusses the many problems and challenges facing micro-finance, and offers experienced recommendations for practitioners.

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About the Author

Graham Wright is now Senior Regional MicroFinance Advisor for the UNDP/DfID-funded MicroSave-Africa program.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Zed Books (September 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1856497887
ISBN-13: 978-1856497886
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,742,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Grameen Bank, Central Cordillera, Village Development Workers, Individual Savings Deposits, Technical Advisors, The Solution, Stuart Rutherford, Bangladesh Bank, Consultative Groups, Executive Director, System Design Process, Emergency Trust Fund, Key Co-operatives, Marguerite Robinson, Small Savings Scheme, Action Aid, European Union, The Principles of Microfinance, Village Resource Development Programme, Agrarian Reform Communities, Board of Directors, Freedom From Hunger, Get Ahead, Graham Wright, Grameen Trust

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This book cites 20 books:

Financial Services (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Grameen Bank: Performance and Sustainability (World Bank Discussion Paper) by Shahidur R. Khandker in Back Matter
Targeted Credit Programs and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh (World Bank Discussion Paper) by Shahidur R. Khandker in Back Matter
The Poor and Their Money (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Stuart Rutherford in Back Matter
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Freire on page 18

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Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor (Directions in Development) by Priya Basu in Back Matter
Replicating Microfinance in the United States by James H. Carr on page 112
Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor by Joanna Ledgerwood on page 20
The Economics of Microfinance by Beatriz Armend�riz in Back Matter
Microfinance Revolution Volume 2: Lessons from Indonesia by Marguerite Robinson in Back Matter

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