Emerging Challenges and Innovations in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Connor, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Silva Afonso, Joana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic development projects-Finance.; International finance.; Development Finance.; International Finance.

The book is a contemporary compilation of important research in the area of microfinance and financial inclusion. It explores a plurality of views and experiences from different parts of the world while linking a variety of international research backgrounds. Accordingly the book will fill a gap in p...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Microfinance Alphabet- Marek Hudon, Marc Labie and Ariane Szafarz
• 2. Addressing climate change with Microfinance Plus: experiences in cattle and coffee regions of Nicaragua- Johan Bastiaensen, Milagros Romero and Frédéric Huybrechs
• 3. Remittances: loan funds for a rural economy? Evidence from the Kayes District (Western Mali)- Michel Namé and Philippe Lebailly
• 4. Islamic Microfinance: exploring the experience of Akhuwat in promoting Qard Hasan in Pakistan- Joana Silva Afonso and Ajaz Ahmed Khan
• 5. Relationship lending in microfinance: do women benefit as much as men?- Mathilde Bauwin
• 6. What happens when microfinance programmes are withdrawn? A conceptual framework for analysing causal effects- Nargiza Alimukhamedova
• 7. Good Customer Service versus Bad Regulation- Mark Hannam
• 8. Reframing microfinance and financial inclusion research: case studies and synthesis- James Copestake.