TY  - BOOK
TI  - The Microfinance Revolution: Lessons from Indonesia
SN  - 0821349538
PY  - 2002///.
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Financial literacy
N2  - This book focuses on how the demand for microfinance can be met on a global scale. It documents the contributions of institutions and of people who have led the development of commercial finance for the poor, and it analyzes the principles on which th e microfinance revolution is based. In sum, this work offers a detailed overview of the development of microfinance over the past 20 years; a global view of microfinance in the developing world (largely excluding Eastern Europe); a thesis on the future path of microfinance; a coherent theory about microfinance--why it works when so many other development interventions fail; detail on a number of important microfinance topics--such as informal moneylending and savings; an important study on, and lessons from Indonesia, with detailed analysis of Bank Rakyat Indonesia; and, brief studies of many other microfinance institutions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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UR  - https://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821349533
ER  -