The New Microfinance Handbook: A Financial Market System Perspective
"We have used the original Microfinance Handbook for years as a core text for our training programs, and this second edition is even more complete. Joanna and the authors have done a thorough updating of all the sections. Its new sections reflect the progress in the field, moving beyond credit and savings into microinsurance, money transfers, and payments systems. The Handbook continues to be the best single source compendium on the 'how to' of financial services for the poor, and I recommend it highly." --Robert Peck Christen, President, Boulder Institute of Microfinance, and Professor of Practice, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University"In the midst of all the jargon about financial inclusion and financial ecosystems, it is very helpful to have a clear and thoughtful description of the various pieces, and of how they fit together, as a basis of understanding and of action. The New Microfinance Handbook provides this basis. The new edition shows how far systemic thinking about the role of microfinance in the financial system has come." --David Porteous, Managing Director, Bankable Frontier Associates"Microfinance has experienced a wave of new thinking in the past decade, with a sharpened focus on the financial needs of households rather than only enterprises. The New Microfinance Handbook introduces readers to the most important ideas and shows how these ideas can be turned into action. If you work in microfinance, this book should be high on your reading list." --Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, New York University, and co-editor of Banking the World: Empirical Foundations of Financial Inclusion