The Microfinance Revolution
Author | : Marguerite S. Robinson |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821349533 |
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??? ... Microfinance is the method whereby financial services and credit is made available to the economically active but low income people of developiong countries. This book focusses on three key aspects of the phenomenon: 1) the shift from government- and donor-subsidized credit delivery systems to self-sufficient, sustainable microfinance institutions; 2) the results on the ground, on the way in which microfinance is helps people expand and diversify their enterprises, increase their incomes, raise their living standards and those of theri families, and boost their self-confidence; 3) the theroretical frameworks that had previously impeded the microfinance revolution, with suggestions for their improvement.