dc.contributor.author	Ledgerwood, Joanna
dc.contributor.editor	Ledgerwood, Joanna
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-07T18:36:13Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-07T18:36:13Z
dc.date.issued	2013-02
dc.description.abstract	The new microfinance handbook provides a primer on financial services for the poor. It is written for a wide audience, including practitioners, facilitators, policy makers, regulators, investors, and donors working to improve the financial system, but who are relatively new to the sector. It will also be useful for telecommunication companies and other support service providers, students and academics, and consultants and trainers. Although this book is in part an update of the original handbook, the growth of the sector and the complexity of the financial market system have led to a perspective much broader than the previous 'financial and institutional perspective.' As a result, additional chapters have been added to address issues more relevant than when the original handbook was written. To reflect this complexity, the author invited a number of experts to write many of the new chapters. In addition, given that this book does not go into as much detail as the previous book did, a list of key resources at the end of each chapter provides readers additional information on specific topics. Finally, although the title still uses the term microfinance, the book very much addresses the wider financial ecosystem, moving beyond the traditional meaning of microfinance to inclusive financial systems.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-8927-0
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-8213-8927-0
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12272
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	Delivery channels
dc.subject	Financial inclusion
dc.subject	Financial service providers
dc.subject	Informal sector
dc.subject	Microcredit
dc.subject	Microfinance
dc.subject	Regulation
dc.subject	Research
dc.subject	Socially responsible investment
dc.subject	Sustainability
dc.title	The New Microfinance Handbook : A Financial Market System Perspective	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Public-Private Partnerships
okr.date.disclosure	2013-02-05
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
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okr.guid	452431594272709721
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-0-8213-8927-0
okr.identifier.report	75183
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.topic	Private Sector Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction
okr.unit	EXTOP
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