"Contains practical guidance for managing sounds savings operations for small and rural depositors. The book addresses two types of institutions: microfinance institutions and mainstream banks"--Provided by publisher

“Modern” integrated value chains need not necessarily exclude the smallest producers as this book aims to explain in detail by case studies. The issue is particularly topical in India, where modern retailing has come to the scene only recently and the majority of whose population are still...

This study evaluates the impact of Microenterprise Development (MD) assistance on the labor supply, income, expenditure, savings, and capital investment of beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya, the Philippine government's conditional cash transfers (CCT) program. The assistance is provided by the...

Key Features:Reviews 14 detailed case studies of value chains that include the poorest producers and which are profitable for everyoneStudies products including fresh produce, food grains, forest products, fish, poultry and handicrafts, featuring producers from various states/provinces of...