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Informationen zum Autor " Ira W. Lieberman was the founding director of the CGAP Secretariat, the de facto secretariat for the microfinance sector globally. He has continued to work on and write about microfinance over the past twenty-five years. He is alsoauthor of In Good Times Prepare for Crisis: From the Great Depression to the Great Recession; Sovereign Debt Crises and Their Resolution (Brookings, 2018). Paul DiLeo is a managing director of Grassroots Capital Management. Todd A. Watkins is professor of economics and executive director of the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise at Lehigh University. He is the author of Introduction to Microfinance and co-editor of the book Moving Beyond Storytelling: Emerging Research in Microfinance . Anna Kanze is a managing director of Grassroots Capital Management." Klappentext A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industryThis book is based on the results of a workshop at Lehigh University among thirty-four leaders in the industry. The editors, working with contributions from more than a dozen leading authorities in the field, tell the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and they address key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future. Zusammenfassung Tells the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and addresses key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis " Contents: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction, Paul DiLeo and Jose Ruisanchez Section I: Background 1. The Growth and Commercial Evolution of Microfinance, Ira W. Lieberman Section II: Where We Are Now-What Is Needed in the Future 2. The Changing Face of Microfinance and the Role of Funders: Financing the Future, Paul DiLeo and Anna Kanze Vision Statement. Fifteen Years of Financing MFIs: From Microcredit to SDG Integration, Roland Dominicé 3. The Future of Microcredit Depends on Social Investors, Timothy N. Ogden 4. Microfinance Industry Concentration and the Role of Large-Scale and Profitable MFIs, Todd A. Watkins 5. The Future of Microfinance as Knowledge Management: The Experience of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, Claudio Gonzalez-Vega 6. Refocusing on Customer Value: Meaningful Inclusion through Positive Partnerships, Gerhard Coetzee 7. Understanding the Impact of Microcredit, Timothy N. Ogden Section III: The Challenge of Technology and New Product Innovation and Development 8. Microfinance in the Age of Digital Finance, Momina Aijazuddin and Matthew Brown Vision Statement. Microfinance and Digital Finance, Greta Bull 9. Governance in the Digital Age: Responsible Finance for Digital Inclusion, Lory Camba Opem 10. Product Diversification: Consumer Loans for Education and Housing, Alex Silva 11. Insurance for Development: How Has It Evolved and Where Is It Going? Craig Churchill and Aparna Dalal Section IV: A Geographic Perspective 12. Asia and the Pacific: Tremendous Progress, but Hundreds of Millions Yet to Serve, Jennifer Isern 13. Financial Inclusion in India-A Himalayan Feat, Jennifer Isern 14. Inclusive Financial Development in China, Enjiang Cheng 15. The Future of Microfinance in Africa: Differentiating East and West, Renée Chao-Beroff and Kimanthi Mutua Vision Statement. The Future of Microfinance in Africa, Renée Chao-Beroff 16. Latin America and the Caribbean: The Journey, the Gap, and a Vision of the New Microfinance Revolution, Jose Ruisanchez Appendix: What the Data Tell Us, Blaine Stephens and Nikhil Gehani Glossary Contributors Index "...
