Microfinance is regarded as a lynchpin in private sector solutions to a host of complex social challenges, from child labor, education, and women's rights, through to sustainable local economic development. The principle of self-help through capital accumulation in the US inner city looks...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">Microfinance and Economic Development</li><li class="bullet">Indian Microfinance and the Impact of Commercialization</li><li class="bullet">Minsky's ¡°Financial Instability¡± Hypothesis</li><li class="bullet">Data and Econometric Methodology</li><li class="bullet">Results and Policy Implications</li><li class="bullet">Conclusions</li><li class="bullet">References</li></ul><p> <form name="frmAbs" action="" style="visibility:hidden;"> <input name="href" value="/doi/abs/10.1142/9781783262991_0003" type="hidden"> <input name="title" value="Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India)" type="hidden"> <input name="doi" value="10.1142/9781783262991_0003" checked="checked" type="checkbox">

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">Fundamental Concepts</li><li class="bullet">The Cooperative Solution</li><li class="bullet">Community-created Brand Value</li><li class="bullet">Collective Action and Common Assets</li><li class="bullet">Cooperative, Employee-owned Organizations: Beyond Capital Accumulation</li><li class="bullet">Common Resources, Common Purposes: Managing Coordination</li><li class="bullet">Conclusions</li><li...</li></ul>

In this volume, the Author have turned their attentions to the descriptive and normative theories of microfinance as well as providing some empirical evidence with which to examine their characteristics. As we have seen, much of the extant research has focused on the purpose, structure, and...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">The Research in Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Social Collateral and its Relationship to Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Governance Issues in Microfinance</li><li class="bullet">Policy Research on Microfinance Institutions</li><li class="bullet">Conclusions</li><li class="bullet">References</li></ul><p> <form name="frmAbs" action="" style="visibility:hidden;"> <input name="href" value="/doi/abs/10.1142/9781783262991_0001" type="hidden"> <input name="title" value="The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in Microfinance)" type="hidden"> <input name="doi" value="10.1142/9781783262991_0001" checked="checked" type="checkbox">

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li><li class="bullet">After the Global Financial Crisis: mFIs and Microfinance Investment Vehicles (mIVs) Initially Offer Safe Haven</li><li class="bullet">Microfinance Crisis: Regional Collapse in India's Andhra Pradesh Creates Further Market Uncertainty</li><li class="bullet">Overheated Microfinance Roads:...</li></ul>