In recent years, the European Commission has attached increasing importance to the use of financial engineering instruments rather than traditional grant-based financing for the microcredit sector, considering these to be the most efficient option available.This book presents a study of capacity...

Die Beiträge der vorliegenden Dissertationsschrift untersuchen zum einen, inwieweit Wetterindexversicherungen einen Beitrag zur Stabilisierung von wetterbedingten Einkommensschwankungen in der Landwirtschaft leisten können. In der Landwirtschaft ist trotz bedeutender wetterbedingter...

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. We provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods. Using a theoretical model, we show that an elected official, whose aim is to maximise re-election...

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid...

Foreword / James K. Galbraith -- Introduction: setting the scene / Milford Bateman and Kate Maclean -- Background -- The political economy of microfinance / Milford Bateman -- Poverty reduction or the financialization of poverty? / Maren Duvendack and Philip Mader -- Seduction -- Pop development...

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Fighting Poverty 1.2 Investing in Financial Infrastructure 1.3 Content Overview Chapter 2: Microfinance - the Concept 2.1 History 2.2 Definition and Goals 2.3 Double Bottom Line 2.4...

Part I. Qard hasan: pure Islamic microfinance -- Part II. The predominance of murabaha -- Part III. Institutions providing a range of Islamic financing arrangement -- Institutions that also promote (some) profit and loss sharing