Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development, Finance & Investing, Finance
| Author: | Phillip Phan | ISBN: | 9781783263004 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | July 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ICP | Language: | English |
| Author: | Phillip Phan |
| ISBN: | 9781783263004 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | July 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | ICP |
| Language: | English |
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.
Contents:
- The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in Microfinance (Phillip H Phan)
- Microfinance as Cooperation between Private Property and Collective Action to Reconnect Consumption and Societal Development (Bernard Paranque)
- Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India (Céline Gimet and Thomas Lagoarde-Segot)
- The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit Making (Hilda Eitzen)
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the field of microfinance.
Key Features:
- Provides a comprehensive literature review of the field and serves as an excellent reference for researchers in the field
- Demonstrates an econometric approach to investigating the phenomenon at a national level
- Provides a method for policymakers to properly understand the pros and cons of the phenomenon
- First book to provide a philosophical explanation for the existence of and way to view the microfinance phenomenon as an institutional form, rather than a natural product of human endeavor
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.
Contents:
- The Extant Theoretical and Empirical Literature in Microfinance (Phillip H Phan)
- Microfinance as Cooperation between Private Property and Collective Action to Reconnect Consumption and Societal Development (Bernard Paranque)
- Endogenous Fragility in Microfinance: Evidence from India (Céline Gimet and Thomas Lagoarde-Segot)
- The Microfinance Investment Horizon: Navigating between Social Mission and Profit Making (Hilda Eitzen)
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the field of microfinance.
Key Features:
- Provides a comprehensive literature review of the field and serves as an excellent reference for researchers in the field
- Demonstrates an econometric approach to investigating the phenomenon at a national level
- Provides a method for policymakers to properly understand the pros and cons of the phenomenon
- First book to provide a philosophical explanation for the existence of and way to view the microfinance phenomenon as an institutional form, rather than a natural product of human endeavor
