| Description |
1 online resource (175 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER A: Introduction -- 1. The Issue -- 2. The Structure of the Book -- 3. Some Basic Concepts and Definitions -- 3.1 Finance, the Financial System and Financial Markets -- 3.2 Types of Financial Institutions -- CHAPTER B: Finance and Development -- 1. Two Aspects of ""Finance -- 2. Four Views on the Concept and the Role of ""Finance"" for Development -- 2.1 The First View: Finance, Capital Accumulation and Growth -- 2.2 The Second View: Financing Specific Target Groups |
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2.3 The Third View: Financial System Development -- 2.4 The Fourth View: Finance, Institutions and Incentives -- 3. Synopsis and Evaluation -- CHAPTER C: On the Dualistic Structure of the Financial System -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Informal Sector Activities -- 3. Financial Dualism and the Legal Infrastructure -- 4. Characteristics of Informal Financial Sector Activity -- 5. Interrelationships of Formal and Informal Financial Markets -- 6, Lessons for Development Policy -- CHAPTER D: Institutional Analysis -- 1. Problem and Methodology -- 2. Group-Oriented Financial Institutions and Programmes |
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2.1 General Orientation -- 2.2 Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (RoSCAs) -- 2.2.1 Analytical Description -- 2.2.2 Evaluation -- 2.3 Credit Cooperatives -- 2.3.1 Analytical Description -- 2.3.2 Evaluation -- 2.3.3 Some Remarks on Multipurpose Cooperatives -- 2.4 Group Lending -- 2.4.1 Analytical Description -- 2.4.2 Evaluation -- 2.5 Towards a Comparative Analysis of Group-Oriented Financial Institutions -- 3 Other Types of Unconventional ""Financial Institutions"": a Brief Overview -- 3.1 Revolving Credit Funds -- 3.2 Credit Guarantee Funds -- 3.3 Post Office Savings Banks |
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CHAPTER E: Institution Building -- 1. Overview -- 2. The Relevant Parameters for Institution Building -- 2.1 The Scope and Nature of General Economic Reform and Financial Sector Reform -- 2.2 The Implications of General Economic and Financial Sector Reforms for Institution Building -- 3. Institution Building Methodology -- 3.1 Approaches to Institution Building: a Critical Review -- 3.1.1 The ""Three-Strategies View"": Upgrading, Downgrading, and linking -- 3.1.2 A Critique of the ""Three-Strategies View -- 3.1.3 Project Design as a Decision Problem -- 3,2 Enhancing Target-Group Orientation |
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3.2.1 General Remarks -- 3.2.2 The Supply of Relevant Financial Services to the Target Groups in a Marketing Perspective -- 3.3 Enhancing Sustainability -- 3.3.1 The Importance and Meaning of Sustainability -- 3.3.2 The Profitability Requirement -- 3.3.3 The Incentive Requirement -- 3.3.4 Two Examples of Institutional Restructuring -- 3.4 Pragmatic Aspects from a Donor Perspective -- 3.4.1 Project Planning: Incentives and Enforcement -- 3.4.2 Project Control and Budgeting -- 3.4.3 Selecting Counterpart Institutions -- CHAPTER F: Summary and Outlook -- 1. A Summary in the Form of 20 Propositions |
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2 Outlook |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429720703 |
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042972070X |
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