Umfang:
1 online resource (239 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415095440
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9780203980132
Inhalt:
Essential reading for all those interested in development, poverty-reduction, social welfare and finance. Volume one offers a detailed assessment of theory and policy whilst volume two presents case studies from seven developing countries
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BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- 1 WHY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS EXIST -- INTRODUCTION -- THE GROWTH OF THE 'OHIO ORTHODOXY' -- CRITIQUE -- THE WAY FORWARD? -- ORIGINS, SCOPE AND METHOD OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT -- NOTES -- 2 WHY CREDIT MARKETS FAIL THE POOR -- WHY CREDIT MARKETS FAIL THE POOR -- FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 'BREAK-EVEN' -- POSSIBLE TECHNIQUES FOR RISK REDUCTION -- Direct methods -- Intensive loan collection and 'incentives to repay' -- Savings schemes and loan insurance -- Indirect methods -- Group lending and other peer-monitoring devices -- CREDIT AND POVERTY IMPACT -- The investment function -- The 'income creation' function -- Poverty reduction -- THE COMPOSITE PICTURE: HYPOTHESES TO BE TESTED -- NOTES -- 3 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY -- INTRODUCTION -- FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND ITS DETERMINANTS -- WHICH DESIGN FEATURES MATTER? -- PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN -- Loan collection methods -- Repayment incentives -- Savings and insurance arrangements -- POSITIONING IN THE CAPITAL MARKET -- THE SUBSIDY ISSUE -- NOTES -- 4 THE IMPACT ON PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPACT ON PRODUCTION AND INCOMES -- TECHNOLOGY, RISK AND LOAN IMPACT -- EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS -- NOTES -- 5 FINANCE FOR THE POOR -- INTRODUCTON -- FINANCE FOR THE POOR: IMPROVING INCOMES -- FINANCE FOR THE POOR: REDUCING VULNERABILITY -- Downward mobility pressures 1: Structural factors -- Downward mobility pressures 2: Crisis and contingency -- Downward mobility pressures 3: Life-cycle factors -- FINANCE FOR THE POOR: INFLUENCES ON OTHER FORMS OF DEPRIVATION -- Women, women's empowerment and gender relations -- The poor amongst the poor -- The disabled, the old and the infirm -- RECONCEPTUALISING 'FINANCE FOR THE POOR' AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS
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CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 6 THE POLITICS OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FOR THE POOR -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICS AND POVERTY-FOCUSED FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION IN THEORY -- POLITICS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FOR THE POOR IN PRACTICE -- The nature of the state -- The nature of domestic political economy -- The international environment and international agencies -- MANAGING THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT: INDIVIDUALS AND NASCENT INSTITUTIONS -- CAN THE TAIL WAG THE DOG? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 7 THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE POOR -- INTRODUCTION -- A COMPARISON OF STRUCTURAL FEATURES -- MANAGING FIELD STAFF -- MANAGING BORROWERS AND SAVERS -- Solidarity group approaches -- Co-operative groups -- Individual approaches -- MANAGING THE ORGANISATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 8 GROWTH VERSUS EQUITY? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE 'IMPACT-POSSIBILITY FRONTIER': EVIDENCE -- CAN THE IMPACT-POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BE SHIFTED? -- WHAT POLICY OPTIONS ARE REALISTIC? -- NOTES -- APPENDIX: BASIS FOR CALCULATION OF DATA IN TABLE 8.5, PART III -- 9 CONCLUSIONS -- SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version David, Hulme Finance Against Poverty: Volume 1 Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1996 ISBN 9780415095440
Sprache:
Englisch
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