New Partnerships for Innovation in Microfinance

Microfinance has experienced dynamic development. Today, microfinance providers reach close to 100 million clients worldwide and are growing fast. New partnerships expand the impact of microfinance even further. Three types of partnerships are examined in this book, each consisting of a thematic pil...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pischke, J. D. (Editor), Matthũs-Maier, Ingrid. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76641-4
Table of Contents:
  • The Importance of New Partnerships
  • New Partnerships for Innovation in Microfinance
  • New Partnerships for Sustainability and Outreach. Partnerships to Leverage Private Investment: Raising MFI Equity Through Microfinance Investment Funds
  • Market Transparency: The Role of Specialised MFI Rating Agencies
  • MFI Equity: An Investment Opportunity for the Broader Public?- Microfinance and Economic Growth <U+0013> Reflections on Indian Experience
  • Microfinance Investments and IFRS: The Fair Value Challenge. Technology Partnerships to Scale up Outreach: Remittance Money Transfers, Microfinance and Financial Integration: Of Credo, Cruxes, and Convictions
  • Remittances and MFIs: Issues and Lessons from Latin America
  • Using Technology to Build Inclusive Financial Systems
  • Information Technology Innovations That Extend Rural Microfinance Outreach
  • Banking the Unbanked: Issues in Designing Technology to Deliver Financial Services to the Poor
  • Can Credit Scoring Help Attract Profit-Minded Investors to Microcredit?- Credit Scoring: Why Scepticism Is Justified. Partnerships to Mobilise Savings and Manage Risk: Micropensions: Old Age Security for the Poor?- Cash, Children or Kind? Developing Old Age Security for Low-Income People in Africa
  • Microinsurance: Providing Profitable Risk Management Possibilities for the Low-Income Market
  • Securitisation: A Funding Alternative for Microfinance Institutions
  • Reducing Barriers to Microfinance Investments: The Role of Structured Finance.