Based on the proceedings of one of the most talked about events of the Year of Microfinance, this book makes a compelling business case for private capital investments in microfinance in developing countries. Using a lifecycle perspective, it highlights the needs for capital in microfinance, the emerging successful models for microfinance institutions, and investigates the issues that need to be addressed from the investor's perspective to obtain a larger mobilization of private capital.
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Foreword by S. Fischer
Preface 1 by I. Pictet
Preface 2
Preface 3 by S. Bernard
Preface 4 by J. F. Freymond and X. Escobar de Nogales
Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction by B. Leleux and D. Constantinou and M. Ogunsulire 1
Pt. I Market Demand 19
2 The Demand for Micro and Small Business Finance: The $500 Billion Question by V. Mahajan 21
Pt. II Institution Building 47
3 An Analysis of Microfinance Business Models by B. Leleux and D. Constantinou 49
4 Downscaling Projects in CIS countries - Revisited by C. Freytag 80
5 Case Study - ICICI Bank by S. Chakraborty 100
Pt. III Private Capital in Microfinance 109
6 Capital for Microfinance: From Public and Social Investment to Integration into Mainstream Financial Markets by M. Steidl 111
7 Challenges in the Transition to Private Capital by N. de Sousa Shields 126
8 A Real Business Case on its Way by N. . Holz 139
Pt. IV Structural Factors in Microfinance 145
9 Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development: The Policy Framework by K. Imboden 147
Pt. V Assessing Microfinance Institutions 167
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