Microfinance is the business of giving small, collateral-free loans to poor borrowers that are paid back in frequent intervals with interest. While these for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs) promise social and economic empowerment, they have mainly succeeded at enfolding the poor--especially women--into the vast circuits of global finance. Financializing Poverty ethnographically examines how the emergence of MFIs has allowed financial institutions in the city of Kolkata, India, to capitalize on the poverty of its residents.
This book reveals how MFIs have restructured debt relationships in new ways. On the one hand, they have opened access to new streams of credit. However, as the network of finance increasingly incorporates the poor, the "inclusive" dimensions of microfinance are continuously met with rigid forms of credit risk management that reproduce the very inequality the loans are meant to alleviate. Moreover, despite being collateral-free loans, the use of life insurance to manage the high mortality rates of poor borrowers has led to the collateralization of life itself. Thus the newfound ability of the poor to use MFI loans has entrapped them in a system dependent not only on their circulation of capital, but on the poverty that threatens their lives.
Автор: Bali Swain Название: The Microfinance Impact ISBN: 1138808377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138808379 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Financial inclusion through microfinance has become a powerful force in improving the living conditions of poor farmers, rural non-farm enterprises and other vulnerable groups. In its unique ability to link the existing extensive network of India’s rural bank branches with the Self Help Groups (SHG), the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has covered up to 97 million poor households by March 2010 under its Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme. Policy-makers have proclaimed SHGs as ‘‘the most potent initiative … for delivering financial services to the poor in a sustainable manner." This book presents a comprehensive scientific assessment of the impact of the Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) on the member households. The book discusses wide-ranging topics, including the rural financial sector in India, the history and structure of the SBLP, the impact methodologies, the economic and social impact of microfinance, its role in building assets while reducing poverty and vulnerability, the role of women and their empowerment, training and accumulation of human capital and policy implications of lessons learned. The empirical results show that vulnerability of the more mature SHG members declines significantly. Vulnerability also falls for villages with better infrastructure and for SHGs that are formed by NGOs and linked by banks. The results strongly demonstrate that on average, there is a significant increase in the empowerment of the female participants. The economic impact of SBLP is found to be the most empowering. Greater autonomy and changes in social attitudes also lead to female empowerment. The investigation further reveals that training (especially business training) has a definite positive impact on assets but not on income. The impact of training can be improved through better infrastructure (as in paved roads), linkage model type, and the training organiser. Bridging the gap in the existing literature and between academics and practitioners, this book moves beyond the usual theoretical issues in the impact assessment literature and draws on new developments in methodology. It will be of interest to academics, development practitioners and students of economics, political science, sociology, public policy and development studies.
Автор: Nadiya Marakkath Название: Sustainability of Indian Microfinance Institutions ISBN: 8132234995 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788132234999 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using a mixed-methods approach, this book examines the sustainability of one of the most celebrated forms of social enterprise of our times: Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), with a focus on the Indian microfinance industry.
Название: Microfinance, Debt and Over-Indebtedness ISBN: 0367110849 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367110840 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Although microcredit programmes have long been considered as efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake. This new book, from a group of leading scholars, explores the manifestations, scale, and economic and social implications of household over-indebtedness.
Автор: Watkins, Todd A. Название: Introduction to microfinance ISBN: 9813143002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789813143005 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 10296.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Microfinance has grown from the obscure efforts of a few philanthropic institutions into a global industry that reaches 150-200 million clients through the branches of thousands of institutions. Microfinance has matured from exclusively funding loans to providing savings, insurance, healthcare, and education. Yet many people still think of it narrowly as microcredit. Understanding remains thin of what the industry does, how it functions and why.Introduction to Microfinance provides a non-technical introduction to the broad array of inclusive financial and non-financial services for the world's poor. It explores the financial lives of those families, and the microfinance institutions and rapidly growing industry that serve them. Written in close collaboration with college students for college students, under the auspices of one of the US's leading undergraduate programs in microfinance, it is the first-ever introductory college textbook about microfinance.What is microfinance? What are its methods and why? Does it work? What are its prospects and challenges? Why is it controversial? This book tackles these questions and more.
Microfinance is the business of giving small, collateral-free loans to poor borrowers that are paid back in frequent intervals with interest. While these for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs) promise social and economic empowerment, they have mainly succeeded at enfolding the poor--especially women--into the vast circuits of global finance. Financializing Poverty ethnographically examines how the emergence of MFIs has allowed financial institutions in the city of Kolkata, India, to capitalize on the poverty of its residents.
This book reveals how MFIs have restructured debt relationships in new ways. On the one hand, they have opened access to new streams of credit. However, as the network of finance increasingly incorporates the poor, the "inclusive" dimensions of microfinance are continuously met with rigid forms of credit risk management that reproduce the very inequality the loans are meant to alleviate. Moreover, despite being collateral-free loans, the use of life insurance to manage the high mortality rates of poor borrowers has led to the collateralization of life itself. Thus the newfound ability of the poor to use MFI loans has entrapped them in a system dependent not only on their circulation of capital, but on the poverty that threatens their lives.
Автор: Goldberg, Mike Palladini, Eric Название: Managing risk and creating value with microfinance ISBN: 0821382284 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821382288 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 4897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Provides guidelines and technical recommendations on microfinance based on various presentations and cases from around the world.
Описание: The book is a contemporary compilation of important research in the area of microfinance and financial inclusion. It explores a plurality of views and experiences from different parts of the world while linking a variety of international research backgrounds. Accordingly the book will ?ll a gap in providing a carefully curated cross-sectorial selection of topics relevant to the development ?nance research community primarily but also industry practitioners who are interested in keeping abreast of developing research. Bene?ts in this regard also include being able to provide a platform to less established researchers o?ering them a voice in published form.
Название: Changing Contours of Microfinance in India ISBN: 1138665703 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138665705 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 15312.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a collection of experiences, empirical evidences and perspectives on the microfinance sector in India. This book presents interesting case studies on SHG (Self Help Group) movements, SHG federations and SHG-Bank Linkage Programmes. It identifies solutions in microfinance institutions for strengthening the savings movement and widening the credit access to the poor.
Автор: Olteanu Название: Access to Justice in Microfinance ISBN: 3319953230 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319953236 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyzes the whole path to justice: from the decision to enter the path to justice until justice is achieved and applies a mixed-methods approach using quantitative and qualitative data. It deliberately takes the consumer’s perspective and, beyond the scope of existing studies, does not only take into account the existence of mechanisms and forums to claim justice, but their appropriateness for vulnerable target groups. The book sheds more light on microfinance and other vulnerable clients who, due to existing barriers, cannot access grievance, redress or complaint mechanisms. Eliminating these access barriers would cater to the achievement of the 16th Sustainable Development Goal by increasing vulnerable consumers’ Access to Justice. This book will be of interest to academics researching access to justice, researchers focusing on consumer protection issues in developing countries, and practitioners working in financial inclusion.
Автор: Alhassan Yahaya, Nwagbara Uzoechi Название: Microfinance and Sustainable Development in Africa ISBN: 1799875008 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781799875000 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23978.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the complex relationship between receipt of microfinance, poverty reduction, economic growth, and microbusiness development, focusing on the provision of small credit facilities as a driver of sustainable development in Africa.
Автор: K G Karmakar Название: Microfinance in India ISBN: 9353881994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353881993 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Microfinance in India provides an informative and holistic status of microfinance in the country and suggests a road map for the future. A valuable source of information for policy makers, Finance and Management students, and professionals alike, it is a collection of essays by experts from diverse backgrounds on topical themes that capture the complexities of the continuously evolving microfinance sector in India. It covers major microfinance delivery models in an unbiased manner through well-researched articles.
The book provides an overview on microfinance institutions and measures that help promote the same. Among other things, it reflects upon the challenges faced by the dominant credit delivery model, i.e., SHG-Bank Linkage Programme and issues related to the emerging microfinance institutions (MFIs). It also dwells upon innovations in the microfinance sector and the efforts being made to evolve new models such as SHG Federations.
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
