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Publication Date: June 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0821345249 | ISBN-13: 978-0821345245

Around the world, a revolution is occurring in finance for low-income people. The microfinance revolution is delivering financial services to the economically active poor on a large scale through competing, financially self-sufficient institutions. In a few countries this has already happened; in others it is under way. The emerging microfinance industry has profound implications for social and economic development. For the first time in history, capital is well on its way to being democratized. 'The Microfinance Revolution', in three volumes, is aimed at a diverse readership - economists, bankers, policymakers, donors, and social scientists; microfinance practitioners and specialists in local finance and rural and urban development; and members of the general public interested in development. This first volume, 'Sustainable Finance for the Poor', focuses on the shift from government- and donor-subsidized credit systems to self-sufficient microfinance institutions providing voluntary savings and credit services.

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: World Bank Publications (June 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821345249
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of Microfinance in Indonesia, August 26, 2007

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The report is comprehensive, somewhat technical, but limited to one country. The data used is about 10 years old, which is old in the fast moving micro-finance sector.

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This chapter explores the reasons for the "absurd gap" between supply and demand in microfinance. Read the first page

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informal commercial moneylenders, subsidized credit delivery, microfinance revolution, informal commercial lenders, microbanking system, commercial microfinance institutions, microfinance demand, unit desa system, monthly effective interest rates, profitable microfinance institutions, unit desa monthly reports, sustainable finance, poverty lending approach, institutional microfinance, commercial moneylending, microbanking division, imperfect information paradigm, locally mobilized savings, semiliquid accounts, financial systems approach, unit desas, sustainable microfinance institutions, commercial microcredit, providing commercial microfinance, subsidized rural credit programs

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Von Pischke, Grameen Bank, Shifting the Microfinance Paradigm, Latin America, World Bank, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Dagang Bali, Theories of Local Finance, Andhra Pradesh, South Asia, United States, Bangladesh Bank, Ohio State University, Robin Ratcliffe, Rural Credit Cooperatives, Sri Lanka, Tun Wai, Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme, Badan Kredit Desa, Catholic Relief Services, Costa Rica, Reserve Bank of India, Central Java, Kredit Umum Pedesaan

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Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries (EDI Series in Economic Development) by Professor J. D. Von Pischke on 6 pages
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Undermining Rural Development With Cheap Credit (Westview Special Studies in Social, Political, and Economic Development) by Dale W. Adams on 4 pages
The Economics of Rural Organization: Theory, Practice, and Policy (World Bank Publication) by Karla Hoff on 4 pages
The New World of Microenterprise Finance: Building Healthy Financial Institutions for the Poor (Kumarian Press Library of Management for Development) by Maria Otero in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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Access to Financial Services in Brazil (Directions in Development) by Anjali Kumar in Back Matter

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