Conversations with Practitioners: The Challenges of Market-Led Microfinance Contributor(s): Winship, Guy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1853396230 ISBN-13: 9781853396236 Publisher: Practical Action Publishing OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Business & Economics | Finance - General |
Dewey: 332 |
LCCN: 2008399759 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.55 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book was written at the request of many microfinance institutions that have been struggling with the sea-change currently underway in the industry, as it matures and moves towards a market-led basis. Reaching the huge untapped market for microfinance entails building the capacity of financial institutions to innovate to meet the diverse and changing needs of a broad range of poor clients???in short a market-led approach. Market-led approaches present many problemsand challenges for microfinance professionals. Microfinance practitioners want to hear the views and experiences of the successes and failures of their peers as well as advise from experts. And this collection of interviews with leading microfinance practitioners and specialists discussing the challenges facing microfinance institutions as they attempt to become more market-oriented, competitive and sustainable makes it an important and much demanded contribution to the literature on microfinance. |