Small money big impact fighting poverty with microfinance

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Otros Autores: Fanconi, Peter, author (author), Scheurle, Patrick, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, England : Wiley 2017.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:THEi Wiley ebooks.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849133306719
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  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Fighting Poverty 1.2 Investing in Financial Infrastructure 1.3 Content Overview Chapter 2: Microfinance - the Concept 2.1 History 2.2 Definition and Goals 2.3 Double Bottom Line 2.4 Financial Inclusion 2.5 Market Participants 2.6 Impact Investing 2.7 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 3: The Microfinance Value Chain 3.1 The Protagonists and their Tasks 3.2 Regulatory Environment 3.3 Development Finance Institutions 3.4 Market Overview 3.5 Geneva: Birthplace of Modern Microfinance 3.6 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 4: Micro Entrepreneurs 4.1 Definition 4.2 Needs and Requirements 4.3 Micro Entrepreneurs 4.4 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 5: Microfinance Institutions 5.1 Definition and Goals 5.2 Types of MFIs 5.3 MFI Funding 5.4 Services 5.5 Regulation 5.6 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 6: Lending Methodologies 6.1 Traditional Credit Theory and Microfinance 6.2 Lending Methodologies 6.3 Socio-Economic Factors 6.4 Late Payments and Over-Indebtedness of Clients 6.5 Default Prevention and Restructuring 6.6 Occupation: Loan Officer 6.7 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 7: Loan Pricing 7.1 Interest Rate Components 7.2 Setting Sustainable Interest Rates 7.3 Regional Differences 7.4 Loan Recipients' Willingness to Repay 7.5 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 8: Social Performance Management 8.1 Social Performance 8.2 Measuring Social Performance 8.3 Measuring the Outcome of Microfinance 8.4 Social Rating Agencies 8.5 Technical Assistance 8.6 Linking Social Performance with Profitability 8.7 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 9: Beyond the Reach of Microfinance? 9.1 Prejudices and Reservations 9.2 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 10: Investing in Microfinance 10.1 Market Development 10.2 Microfinance Investment Vehicles 10.3 The Investment Process 10.4 Loan Agreements and Pricing Policy 10.5 Microfinance in the Overall Investment Portfolio 10.6 Incentives for Investing in Microfinance 10.7 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 11: Real and Financial Economy 11.1 Microfinance Is Crisis-Proof 11.2 Real Economy and Local Influencing Factors 11.3 Financial Economy 11.4 Stability Mechanisms 11.5 Preliminary Conclusions Chapter 12: Discussion of Results and Conclusions 12.1 Win-win-win 12.2 Onwards and Upwards Appendix A Example of a Loan Application Due Diligence of Socio-Economic Impact Factors Notes List of Abbreviations Glossary References Photo Credits Index.