Profit for the poor : cases in micro-finance
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Profit for the poor : cases in micro-finance
Intermediate Technology, c1998
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Summary: Relating to a few developing countries
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Microcredit is the latest development fashion, and it has even received the ultimate accolade of a world summit It is not generally appreciated, however, that there is a wide variety of quite different approaches to the profitable delivery of financial services to the poor. Such services are being indeed, have for many years been provided by many different types of institution, including traditional commercial banks, NGOs and the much publicized new generation institutions. This book contains a selection of case studies from India, Bangladesh, East and Southern Africa, Indonesia and Latin America, together with many challenging comments and questions. Two points are made: first that there is no universally applicable methodology in the field, and second that well-managed microfinance can be profitable both for its customers and its providers; it is a business opportunity itself for bankers, and need not depend on donor assistance.
Table of Contents
- Section 1: Introduction and Some General Issues
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Interest Rates
- Chapter 3. Where is the Money to Come From? Chapter 4. The Institutions
- Section 2: Case Studies
- Chapter 5. The Bhawal Rajbari Branch, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
- Chapter 6. The Banco Nacional de Comercio Interior, Mexico
- Chapter 7. The Gazaria Branch, BRAC, Bangladesh
- Chapter 8. The Omdunnan Productive Families Branch of the
- Sudan-Islamic Bank
- Chapter 9. The Laxmi Mahila Sangam and Myrada, Karnataka
- State, India
- Chapter 10. PRIDE and KREP, Two Examples from Machakos, Kenya
- Chapter 11. The Kenya Industrial Estates Informal Sector
- Programme, Murang'a Branch
- Chapter 12. Cuttack Urban Cooperative Bank-College Square
- Branch
- Chapter 13. Masoko Madogo Madogo Market Society, Dar Es
- Salaam, Tanzania
- Chapter 14. The Pingua Branch of the Dhenkanal Gramya Bank, Orissa, India: 'Linkage' to Self Help Groups
- Chapter 15. Puri Gramin Bank and DSS Balipatna, Orissa, India
- Chapter 16. Bank Rakyat Indonesia - Contoh Unit
- Chapter 17. The Start-Up Fund, South Africa
- Chapter 18. The Kalanjiam Community Banking System, Madurai
- East, Tamil Nadu, India
- Chapter 19. Basix Finance, Raichur, Karnataka, India
- Chapter 20. Conclusions
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