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The Future of Microfinance
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2020
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A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industry
Over the past four decades, microfinancethe provision of loans, savings, and insurance to small businesses and entrepreneurs shut out of traditional capital marketshas grown from a niche service in Bangladesh and a few other countries to a significant global source of financing. Some 200 million people globally now receive support from microfinance institutions, with most of the recipients in the developing world. In the beginning, much of the microfinance industry was managed by non-governmental organizations, but today the majority of these institutions are commercial and regulated by governments, and they provide safe places for the poor to save, as well as offering much-needed capital and other financial services.
Now out of infancy, the microfinance industry faces major challenges, including its ability to deal with mobile banking and other technology and concerns that some markets are now over-saturated with microfinance. How the industry deals with these and other challenges will determine whether it will continue to grow or will be subsumed within the larger global financial sector.
This 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.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-3763-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-3764-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
backcover1
Product type
Edited Book
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Table of Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Abbreviations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
The Growth and Commercial Evolution of Microfinance No access
The Changing Face of Microfinance and the Role of Funders: Financing the Future No access
Fifteen Years of Financing MFIs: From Microcredit to SDG Integration No access
The Future of Microcredit Depends on Social Investors No access
Microfinance Industry Concentration and the Role of Large-Scale and Profitable MFIs No access
The Future of Microfinance as Knowledge Management: The Experience of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation No access
Refocusing on Customer Value: Meaningful Inclusions through Positive Partnerships No access
Understanding the Impact of Microcredit No access
Microfinance in the Age of Digital Finance No access
Vision Statement: Microfinance and Digital Finance No access
Governance in the Digital Age: Responsible Finance for Digital Inclusion No access
Product Diversification: Consumer Loans for Education and Housing No access
Insurance for Development: How Has It Evolved and Where Is It Going? No access
Asia and the Pacific: Tremendous Progress, but Hundreds of Millions Yet to Serve No access
Financial Inclusion in India—A Himalayan Feat No access
Inclusive Financial Development in China No access
The Future of Microfinance in Africa: Differentiating East and West No access
Vision Statement: The Future of Microfinance in Africa No access
Latin America and the Caribbean: The Journey, the Gap, and a Vision of the New Microfinance Revolution No access
Appendix: What the Data Tell Us No access Pages 441 - 444
