Microfinance and poverty alleviation
Subtitle: case studies from Asia and the Pacific
By: edited by Joe Remenyi and Benjamin Quiñones, Jr.
Contributors: Remenyi, Joe.; Quiñones, B.
Series: Global development and the environment series; Global development and the environment
Publisher: Pinter
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Microfinance -- Asia -- Case studies.; Microfinance -- Pacific Area -- Case studies.; Poverty -- Asia -- Case studies.; Poverty -- Pacific Area -- Case studies.; Poverty -- Asia.; Microfinance -- Asia.; Poverty -- Pacific Area.; Development economics.; Microfinance -- Pacific Area.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This new book collects the experience of microfinance practitioners in eleven countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Tonga. It is designed to provide an overview of the subject: why is microfinance so essential to poverty reduction, what is the current 'best-practice' and what kind of policy framework and regulatory environment is required?"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-287) and index.