Micro-finance Systems: Designing Quality Financial Services for the Poor

This volume addresses the cutting edge issues in micro-finance, including: how far micro-finance can contribute to reducing poverty, enhancing women's status, empowering poor clients and improving the health, nutrition and education of the poor; the role of savings in micro-finance; how to recruit, develop and maintain high-quality clients; and how to replicate successful micro-finance systems. The second section provides a practical guide, with examples of how to design micro-finance systems that deliver quality financial services to the poor. The third section features two case studies of two very different systems. The book discusses the many problems and challenges facing micro-finance, and offers experienced recommendations for practitioners.