Microfinance Handbook: An Institutional and Financial PerspectiveWorld Bank Publications, 01/12/1998 - 302 من الصفحات Microfinance is not simply banking; it is a development tool. It has been estimated that there are 500 million economically active poor people in the world operating microenterprises and small businesses. Most of them do not have access to adequate financial services. The purpose of this Handbook is to bring together in a single source guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and create viable institutions. The Handbook takes a global perspective, drawing on lessons learned from the experiences of microfinance practitioners, donors, and others throughout the world.This volume covers extensively matters pertaining to the regulatory and policy framework and the essential components of institutional capacity building, such as product design, performance measuring and monitoring, and management of microfinance institutions.The handbook has three parts. 'Issues in Microfinance Provision' - Part I, takes a macroeconomic perspective toward general microfinance issues and is primarily nontechnical. 'Designing and Monitoring Financial Products and Services' - Part II, narrows its focus to the provision of financial intermediation, taking a more technical approach and moving progressively toward more specific (or micro) issues. 'Measuring Performance and Managing Viability' - Part III, is the most technical part of the handbook, focusing primarily on assessing the viability of microfinance institutions. |
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... interest rates and abolished interest rate ceilings. As the unit desa system struggled to become financially self-sustainable, market forces drove its decisionmaking and it became increasingly subject to competition from other financial ...
... interest rates and abolished interest rate ceilings. As the unit desa system struggled to become financially self-sustainable, market forces drove its decisionmaking and it became increasingly subject to competition from other financial ...
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... interest in microfinance is an oversupply of funds for on-lending in the face of limited institutional capacity to take on these funds. Some donors, such as the multilateral organizations, may find their comparative advantage is in ...
... interest in microfinance is an oversupply of funds for on-lending in the face of limited institutional capacity to take on these funds. Some donors, such as the multilateral organizations, may find their comparative advantage is in ...
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... Interest Rate Policies Given the cost structure of microfinance, interest rate restrictions usually undermine an institution's ability to operate efficiently and competitively (Rock and Otero 1997, 23). Typically, restrictions do not ...
... Interest Rate Policies Given the cost structure of microfinance, interest rate restrictions usually undermine an institution's ability to operate efficiently and competitively (Rock and Otero 1997, 23). Typically, restrictions do not ...
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... interest rate charged to a borrower should not exceed double the discount rate of the union's central bank. In 1996 the usury rate fluctuated around 13 percent. Microfinance institutions, NGOs, and donors were active in working with the ...
... interest rate charged to a borrower should not exceed double the discount rate of the union's central bank. In 1996 the usury rate fluctuated around 13 percent. Microfinance institutions, NGOs, and donors were active in working with the ...
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... interest on their deposits, customers pay a commission to have their savings collected and kept safe. As a consequence, 60 percent of Ghana's money supply is outside the formal banking sector. However, the original regulations that ...
... interest on their deposits, customers pay a commission to have their savings collected and kept safe. As a consequence, 60 percent of Ghana's money supply is outside the formal banking sector. However, the original regulations that ...
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