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001			ASIN0821363603
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008			100414s2006 xxu | 00| 0 eng d
020			_a007340408x _c$30.00
020			_a007340408x
040			_cKIM
050			_aBF 241 _bF47 2006
082	0	4	_a332.1091724
100	1		_aTessema Aster _94091
245	1	0	_aworld at a glance _bglobal studies _cAster Tessema
260			_aUSA _bMcgraw Hill _c2006.
300			_a53p. ; _c23 cm.
501			_aPaperback.
520			_aIn the past ten years, the world of microfinance has changed dramatically. The field has moved rapidly from early innovations in providing loans to help poor entrepreneurs start businesses to a bold vision of creating entire financial systems that work for the poor. Microfinance has proven to be an effective tool for reducing poverty and helping poor people to improve their lives. And yet a diverse range of potential clients still lack access to an array of financial services – not just credit for enterprise but also a safe place to save, the ability to transfer funds to family members, insurance against sickness or other household disasters, and other ways to mitigate risk in vulnerability. The challenge today is to engage more types of distribution systems, more technologies and more talent to create financial systems that work for the poor and boost their contribution to economic growth. This title explains what this new vision of microfinance means in practical, non-technical terms.
650		4	_aActuarial studies _94093
650		4	_aFinance
650		4	_aMonetary economics _94095
650		4	_aCredit - Developing countries. _94097
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821363603/chopaconline-20
856	4	0	_3Amazon customer reviews _uhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0821363603
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