Strategic Issues in Microfinance

Abstract

Part 1 The microfinance market: do financial institutions have a role in assisting the poor? Claudio Gonzalez-Vega critical issues in microbusiness finance and the role of donors, Reinhard H Schmidt and CP Zeitinger. Part 2 Microfinance program design strategies: microfinance - the paradigm shift from credit delivery to sustainable financial intermediation, Marguerite S Robinson Altruistic or production finance? a donor's dilemma, Dale W Adams combining social and financial intermediation to reach the poor - the necessity and dangers, Lynn Bennett balancing perspectives on informal finance, Otto Hospes developing alternatives to informal finance and finding market riches, Carlos E Cuevas basing access on performance to create sustainable financial services for the poor in Nepal, Lynn Bennett, Mike Golberg and JD Von Pischke. Part 3 Sustainability and accountability in microfinance: credit scoring to predict loan repayment performance - an application to rural customers in Burkina Faso, Laura Vigand keys to financial sustainability, Robert Peck Christen other people's money - regulatory issues facing microenterprise finance, Robert C Vogel measuring the performance of small enterprise lenders, JD Von Pischke a road map for financial stabilization of credit unions - the Guatemalan experience, David C Richardson, Barry L Lennon and Brian A Branch.