Microfinance Systems: Designing Quality Financial Services for the Poor - Softcover

Wright, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856497887 ISBN 13: 9781856497886

Publisher: Zed Books, 2000

Synopsis

This book, written at the request of practitioners and donor agencies, draws on the author's research and practical experience in Bangladesh, Philippines and East Africa. The first part outlines cutting edge issues such as how far micro-finance can contribute to reducing poverty and how to recruit, develop and maintain high quality clients. The second part provides a practical guide, and the third and final section has two case studies, detailing how two very different systems were developed.

About this title

About the Author

Graham Wright is now Senior Regional MicroFinance Advisor for the UNDP/DfID-funded MicroSave-Africa programme

Review

'Entertaining, informative, and always practical. Graham Wright believes, as I do, that micro-finance has to be learnt from the bottom up -- first by looking at what poor people do for themselves, and then by designing products and delivery systems that help them do it even better. Read this book to understand the approach -- and then go and adapt it to what you find on the ground.' - Stuart Rutherford, micro-finance practitioner and researcher.'Entertaining, informative, and always practical. Graham Wright believes, as I do, that micro-finance has to be learnt from the bottom up -- first by looking at what poor people do for themselves, and then by designing products and delivery systems that help them do it even better. Read this book to understand the approach -- and then go and adapt it to what you find on the ground.' - Stuart Rutherford, micro-finance practitioner and researcher.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856497887
• ISBN 13: 9781856497886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283