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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Fighting Poverty
1.2 Investing in Financial Infrastructure
1.3 Content Overview
Notes
Chapter 2: Microfinance – the Concept
2.1 History
2.2 Definition and Goals
2.3 Double Bottom Line
2.4 Financial Inclusion
2.5 Market Participants
2.6 Impact Investing
2.7 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 3: The Microfinance Value Chain
3.1 The Protagonists and Their Tasks
3.2 Regulatory Environment
3.3 Development Finance Institutions
3.4 Market Overview
3.5 Geneva: Birthplace of Modern Microfinance
3.6 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 4: Micro Entrepreneurs
4.1 Definition
4.2 Needs and Requirements
4.3 Micro Entrepreneurs
4.4 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 5: Microfinance Institutions
5.1 Definition and Goals
5.2 Types of MFIs
5.3 MFI Funding
5.4 Services
5.5 Regulation
5.6 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 6: Lending Methodologies
6.1 Traditional Credit Theory and Microfinance
6.2 Lending Methodologies
6.3 Socio‐Economic Factors
6.4 Late Payments and Over‐Indebtedness of Clients
6.5 Default Prevention and Restructuring
6.6 Occupation: Loan Officer
6.7 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 7: Loan Pricing
7.1 Interest Rate Components
7.2 Setting Sustainable Interest Rates
7.3 Regional Differences
7.4 Loan Recipients’ Willingness to Repay
7.5 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 8: Social Performance Management
8.1 Social Performance
8.2 Measuring Social Performance
8.3 Measuring the Outcome of Microfinance
8.4 Social Rating Agencies
8.5 Technical Assistance
8.6 Linking Social Performance with Profitability
8.7 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 9: Beyond the Reach of Microfinance?
9.1 Prejudices and Reservations
9.2 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 10: Investing in Microfinance
10.1 Market Development
10.2 Microfinance Investment Vehicles
10.3 The Investment Process
10.4 Loan Agreements and Pricing Policy
10.5 Microfinance in the Overall Investment Portfolio
10.6 Incentives for Investing in Microfinance
10.7 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 11: Real and Financial Economy
11.1 Microfinance Is Crisis‐Proof
11.2 Real Economy and Local Influencing Factors
11.3 Financial Economy
11.4 Stability Mechanisms
11.5 Preliminary Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 12: Discussion of Results and Conclusions
12.1 Win‐Win‐Win
12.2 Onwards and Upwards
Notes
Appendix A: Example of a Loan Application
Appendix B: Due Diligence of Socio‐Economic Impact Factors
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
References
Photo Credits
Index
End User License Agreement
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