Seibel, Hans Dieter (contributor) - 2005
microfinance. To some extent it has reinvented history not only in Europe but also in Asia and elsewhere where micro- or informal … account for around 50% of banking assets; outreach is to around 90% of the population. Microfinance in Asia presumably has a … much longer history, though little seems to be known about the early history of the hui in China, the chit funds in India …