Nayak, Binod B.

The synergy of microfinance : fighting poverty by moving beyond credit / Binod B. Nayak. - New Delhi : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2014. - xxxii, 290 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Introduction -- On poverty : who are the poor? : why poverty persists? -- Borrowing and saving : a critique -- How small loans can make a big difference : the birth of microcredit and its evolution into microfinance and beyond -- Microcredit : anatomy of an instrument that revolutionized -- Lending -- Microsavings : voluntary savings for the poor -- Microinsurance -- Microleasing : improving access to tools and technology -- Remittances, payment systems and microfinance -- Complementary non-financial services -- Critiquing microfinance -- The synergy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

9789351500421 (hardback : alk. paper)


Microfinance--Developing countries.
Poor--Services for--Developing countries.

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