Promoting microfinance : challenges and innovations in developing countries and countries in transition / edited by Ronny Manos, Senior Lecturer in Finance, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel and Lecturer in Finance, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, Jean-Pierre Gueyie, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada and Jacob Yaron, Faculty Consultant, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manos, Ronny.

Gueyié, Jean-Pierre, 1967-

Yaron, Jacob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microfinance--Developing countries.

Microfinance.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 237 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Promoting Microfinance: Challenges and Innovations in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition brings together essays and empirical work by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of microfinance. The book covers key issues currently facing the microfinance industry, including the following: challenges and innovations in microfinance policies, design and regulation; the role of microfinance institutions and apex organizations in the mitigation of natural disasters; how to achieve a balance between public support and external aid in helping the microfinance industry deal with natural or man-made hazards; and the performance and impact assessment of microfinance institutions. In addition, the book provides learned from cases spanning countries in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Together, the collection of essays and studies presented in this volume highlights the challenges faced by the microfinance industry and points to the future direction and form it may take. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Importance of Innovation

1 Challenges and Innovations in Promoting Microfinance / Ronny Manos Manos, Ronny, Jean-Pierre Gueyié Gueyié, Jean-Pierre, Jacob Yaron Yaron, Jacob 3

2 The Implications of a Growing Microfinance Market in Latin America and the Caribbean / Ana Pantelic Pantelic, Ana 17

Part II Policy Formulation and Regulation

3 The Microfinance Sectors in Peru and Mexico: Why Have They Followed Different Paths? / Pablo Cotler Cotler, Pablo, Giovanna Aguilar Aguilar, Giovanna 39

4 A Push Towards Revitalizing Rural Financial Institutions: Lessons from Mexico's PATMIR Project / Julia Paxton Paxton, Julia 56

5 Regulation and Performance of Ghana's Multi-tiered Rural and Microfinance Industry / William F. Steel Steel, William F. 77

Part III Measuring Impact and Performance

6 Micro-credit Access and Household Welfare in Rural Cameroon / Francis Menjo Baye Baye, Francis Menjo 103

7 A Cost Function Approach to MFI Efficiency: The Role of Subsidy and Social Output Measures / Valentina Hartarska Hartarska, Valentina, Denis Nadolnyak Nadolnyak, Denis, Shen Xuan Xuan, Shen 132

8 Social and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Multi-stage Data Envelopment Analysis Application / Joseph Nzongang Nzongang, Joseph, Eloge Nishimikijimana Nishimikijimana, Eloge 148

Part IV Coping with Conflicts and Disasters

9 Designing Apex Organizations in Conflict-affected Environments: An Analysis of Recent Experiences in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Afghanistan / Stephanie Charitonenko Charitonenko, Stephanie, Dale Lampe Lampe, Dale 173

10 Are Microfinance Institutions and Their Customers Reactive to Disaster Risk? Main Topics and Four Case Studies / Davide Castellani Castellani, Davide, Simonetta Chiodi Chiodi, Simonetta, Laura Viganò Viganò, Laura 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137034908

1137034904

OCLC:

811002664