Private Finance for Human Development
We are grateful for the generous support of the Fanny Mae Foundation for
this project.
Editors Almud Weitz and J.D. Von Pischke
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Private Finance for Development: Analytical Underpinnings and Policy Issues
Manuel R. Agosin
An Analysis of Credit Union Microfinance Performance in Ecuador
Chris Baker and Monnie Markel
George Munzo and James C. Brenner
Tapping Capital Markets: Microfinance as an Emerging Industry
Michael Chu
Fostering Financial Innovation for the Poor: The Policy and Regulatory Environment
Paul B. Mcguire And John D. Conroy
Mobilizing Microsavings: The Experience of Seven Deposit-taking Institutions
Alfred Hannig and Sylvia Wisniwski
Reaching Extreme Poverty: Financial Services for the Very Poor
Robert Hickson
Reviving Postal Savings Banks in East Africa
Hugues T. Kamewe and Ian. A. Radcliffe
Providing Long-Term Financing for Housing: The Role of Secondary Markets
Michael Lea and Loic Chiquier
Zimbabwe Progress Fund: A Case for Economic Democracy
Rose Mazula
Financial and Advisory Services To SMEs in Transition Countries: Trends and Challenges
Geetha Nagarajan and Richard L. Meyer
William Oliver and Christopher Mauro
Governance of Microfinance Institutions
Maria Otero
Charity for Profit? The Commercialization of The Start-Up Fund in South Africa
Jens Reinke
Enrique Román
Carmenza Saldias Barreneche
Investing for Profit In Micro and Small Business: The Profund Experience
Alex Silva
Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd.: A Case Study of Private Finance for Human Development
Sizwe Tati
Regulatory Challenges in Microfinance
Robert Vogel
Financing Shelter and Housing for Poor Women in India
Jayshree Vyas
Efficient Rural Financial Intermediation: The Case of Bri-Unit Desa in Indonesia
Jacob Yaron, Stephanie Charitonenko, and Mcdonald Benjamin