Microfinance in India - Approaches, Outcomes, Challenges

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of microfinance initiatives in India. Through substantive field research and case studies ranging across the country, it examines Indian microfinance within its distinct socio-economic realities - the role of women, financial inclusion, rural entrepreneurship, and innovation - its interactions with multiple institutions, the challenges, as well as future directions.

List of contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Vignettes in Transformation: Indian Microfinance since the 1990s Tara S. Nair 2. SHG Intermediation and Women’s Agency: A View from Tamil Nadu K. Kalpana 3. The Transformational Potential of Microfinance: Two Case Studies Anurekha Chari-Wagh 4. Integrating Microfinance Clients with the Formal Financial System: A Study of Two Villages D. Yeswanth 5. Microfinance and the Dynamics of Financial Vulnerability: Lessons from Rural India Isabelle Guerin, Marc Roesch, Santosh Kumar, G. Venkatasubramanian, and Mariam Sangare 6. Matching Finance with Client Needs: Some Pointers from a Field Study Savita Shankar 7. Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond Microfinance Lina Sonne 8. Microfinance and Cooperatives: An Overview Navin Anand 9. The Seen and the Unseen: Revisiting the Impact of SEWA Bank Maren Duvendack 10. Issues and Challenges before Liberal Microfinance Cooperatives: A Case Study Tara S. Nair and Rutwik J. Gandhe

About the author

Tara S. Nair is Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad.

Summary

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of microfinance initiatives in India. Through substantive field research and case studies ranging across the country, it examines Indian microfinance within its distinct socio-economic realities — the role of women, financial inclusion, rural entrepreneurship, and innovation — its interactions with multiple institutions, the challenges, as well as future directions.

Product details

• Authors: Tara S. Nair, Tara S. (Gujarat Institute of Development Re Nair
• Assisted by: Tara S. Nair (Editor), Tara S. (Gujarat Institute of Development Research Nair (Editor), Nair Tara S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2014
• EAN: 9781138859340
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85934-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Business mathematics & systems, Development Studies, Business mathematics and systems, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General