IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/bwp/bwppap/5408.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Microfinance – A Way Forward

Author

Listed:
  • Thankom Arun
  • David Hulme

Abstract

This paper identifies key processes shaping the microfinance sector in the coming decades. The paper examines the geography of microfinance, highlighting differing evolution patterns and challenges across the world. It looks at the widespread adoption of a financial systems approach in the microfinance sector. This is set to continue because of two main processes: a shift in focus from poverty-lending towards financial service provision; and the involvement of formal banks in microfinance. The paper looks at the increasing focus on graduation programmes to support ultra-poor people, linking microfinance to social protection and other services. It outlines the great potential of new, low-cost ICT products to enable the development of new microfinance services. Finally, the need to regulate microfinance is discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Thankom Arun & David Hulme, 2008. "Microfinance – A Way Forward," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 5408, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    • Handle: RePEc:bwp:bwppap:5408
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/gdi/publications/workingpapers/bwpi/bwpi-wp-5408.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sane Renuka & Thomas Susan, 2016. "The Real Cost of Credit Constraints: Evidence from Micro-finance," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 16(1), pages 151-183, January.
    2. Tendai Murisa & Tendai Chikweche, 2013. "Entrepreunership And Micro-Finance In Extreme Poverty Circumstances — Challenges And Prospects: The Case Of Zimbabwe," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01), pages 1-30.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bwp:bwppap:5408. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Rowena Harding (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wpmanuk.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.