The term "development finance institutions" (DFI) encompasses no only government development banks, but also nongovernmental micro-finance organizations, that match grants to attempt to promote community development, decentralization of power, and local empowerment. Measures of the social cost...

Intro -- Contents -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Acronyms -- Glossary of Notation -- Introduction -- What Is the Subsidy Dependence Index? -- What Is Net Present Cost to Society? -- Is the Subsidy Dependence Index Redundant? -- What Does the Rest of the Monograph Cover? -- 1. Why...