Microfinance Handbook: an Institutional and Financial Perspective
Posted on: 25/11/2011
'Microfinance Handbook: an Institutional and Financial Perspective' by Joanna Ledgerwood (now in Google Books) is highly recommended for anyone wanting to delve deep into microfinance. In one volume the handbook brings together guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and create viable institutions.
It takes a global perspective, drawing on lessons learned from the experiences of microfinance practitioners, donors, and others throughout the world. This volume covers extensively matters pertaining to the regulatory and policy framework and the essential components of institutional capacity building, such as product design, performance measuringand monitoring, and management of microfinance institutions.
308 pages, World Bank Publications