Microfinance -- 1.1 Promise and achievements -- 1.2 Efficiency in the microfinance literature -- 1.3 Efficiency: the concept -- 1 ….4 Applicability of efficiency concepts in microfinance -- 1.5 Efficiency versus financial sustainability -- 1.6 Structure of the book ….3 How microfinance can help reduce poverty -- 2.4 Poverty reduction and financial performance -- 2.5 Can microfinance reach …

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 3: Commercial Microfinance in … Microfinance Revolution Began: Bank Dagang Bali -- 11 How to Fail in Financing the Poor: Bank Rakyat Indonesia's Unit Desa System … Indonesia's Unit Desas, 1984-96 -- 14 Institutional Development for Large- Scale Sustainable Microfinance: The Transformation of …

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Microfinance: A Global Overview -- The …

-- 13 Use of Biometric Technology in Developing Countries -- 14 Accessing Credit from Banks, Microfinance Institutions, and …

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: OVERVIEW -- Chapter 1 Poverty Assessment of Microfinance …

This book focuses on how the demand for microfinance can be met on a global scale. It documents the contributions of … the microfinance revolution is based. In sum, this work offers a detailed overview of the development of microfinance over … the past 20 years; a global view of microfinance in the developing world (largely excluding Eastern Europe); a thesis on …