This edited collection presents recent developments, practical innovations, and policy reforms in the realm of microfinance in emerging markets. Microfinance has been hotly debated by ever-colliding camps of ardent supporters, who believe that microfinance addresses credit market failures and provides a durable answer to the problem of the poverty, and staunch critics, who argue that lending by microfinance institutions is wasteful, and the interest rates are too high. To bring further insight into this important debate, this book presents comprehensive historical, political, and economic perspectives on the latest issues in microfinance. An impressive array of scholars and practitioners build a framework for thinking about regulation to drive sustainable, inclusive development. With case studies of programs in India, Ghana, and Bangladesh, and examinations of the effects of gender and religion on financial decision-making, this comprehensive collection offers something valuable to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners—anyone with a vested interest in promoting innovation in microfinance.

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Chapter 1 The End of Imagination? Understanding New Developments in Microfinance
Chapter 2 The Influence of Formal and Informal Institutions on Microcredit: Financial Inclusion for Micro-Entrepreneurs by Lender Type
Chapter 3 Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Development: Study of Women’s Group Enterprise Development in India
Chapter 4 Perception of Microfinance Debtors and Loan Officers on the Importance of Entrepreneurial and Business Skills for Loan Repayment Rates
Chapter 5 Choice of Finance in an Emerging Market: The Impact of Independent Decisions, Politics and Religion
Chapter 6 Managing Everyday Living: Microfinance and Capability
Chapter 7 Credit, Microfinance, and Empowerment
Chapter 8 Microfinance Impact Assessment Methodologies: Is it Qualitative, Quantitative or Both?
Chapter 9 What is Islamic Microfinance?
Chapter 10 Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from Bangladesh
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