Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

Edited by Phillip Phan

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Abstract: Microfinance is regarded as a lynchpin in private sector solutions to a host of complex social challenges, from child labor, education, and women's rights, through to sustainable local economic development. The principle of self-help through capital accumulation in the US inner city looks similar to that of a Peruvian slum, and as practice has grown, so has the research. Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance is a curated conversation from a comprehensive review of the published literature, and is supported by theory and evidence from a wide range of disciplines such as philosophy, finance, public policy, and entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Microfinance; Microfinancial Institutions; Social Capital; Economic Development; Bottom-of-the-Pyramid; Entrepreneurship; Oversupply; Globalization; Minsky Hypothesis; Financial Bubbles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781783262984
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in Microfinance , pp 1-21

Phillip Phan

Ch 2 Microfinance as Cooperation between Private Property and Collective Action to Reconnect Consumption and Societal Development , pp 23-62

Bernard Paranque

Ch 3 Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India , pp 63-88

Céline Gimet and Thomas Lagoarde-Segot

Ch 4 The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit Making , pp 89-116

Hilda Eitzen

Ch 5 Conclusions , pp 117-123

Phillip Phan

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