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

 

All the documents are in Word Format

 

Click here for abstracts of all the papers

 

 

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

 

Private Equity Funds

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

 

Bond Banks, Revolving Funds and Guarantee Programs for Local Government Infrastructure in the United States

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

 

Financial and Non-Financial Services for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: New Approaches in Latin America, with Special Reference to Chile

Enrique Román

 

Municipal Finance in Developing Countries: The Next Frontier- The Experience of Santa Fe De Bogotá, Colombia

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