An introduction to microfinance -- Microfinancial services and poor people -- Microfinance and poverty reduction -- Microfinance, gender, and social development -- Microfinance: innovations in product delivery -- Microinsurance -- Regulating and supervising microfinance institutions -- Impact...

"The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions; this fully updated volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy"--