Microfinance

2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-54668-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions

Microfinance is a comprehensive analysis of the operational, managerial and financial aspects of microfinance. The text provides a contemporary analysis of microfinance business covering the risks, returns and management issues associated with such activity. It analyzes the main products and services available in modern microfinance and explains how to manage the financial and non financial risks involved. The book also provides a performance and monitoring model for microfinance programmes and describes how microfinance can be regulated.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vento, Gianfranco A

Loparo, Kenneth A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Boxes List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction A New Conception of Microfinance Products and Services in Modern Microfinance The Main Features of Microcredit Sustainability and Outreach: The Goals of Microfinance Risk Management in Microfinance Monitoring Microfinance Processes Microfinance Performance The Role of Regulation The Road Ahead: A Platform for Microfinance

Über Autor(innen)

MARIO LA TORRE is currently Full Professor in Banking and Finance and Director of the MA course in Film Art Management at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy. His publications include , and . Recent articles concerning microfinance include and .

GIANFRANCO A. VENTO is a Post-doctoral Scholar in Microfinance at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy. He was previously an analyst in the Banking Supervision Department at The Bank of Italy, and was Visiting Professor at the University of Buenos Aires. His main research interest relates to the money market and microfinance. He has been published by leading Italian academic journals and has followed several microfinance projects in developing countries for an Italian NGO. He is the author of (Giappichelli, 2005).