| Description |
xxiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: ch. 16 Microfinance from LDCS to DCS: Are Socio-Economic Differences Important? / Christopher S. Wright -- ch. 17 Information Technology and Microfinance in Developed Countries: The Spanish Case, with a Focus on Catalonia / Consol Torreguitart-Mirada -- ch. 18 Portal to Portaloo: Can Microfinance and IT Help Solve the World's Sanitation Crisis? / Karl Dayson |
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Contents note continued: ch. 9 Saving through the Mobile: A Study of M-PESA in Kenya / Olga Morawczynski -- ch. 10 Can Information and Communication Technologies Improve the Performance of Microfinance Programs? Further Evidence from Developing and Emerging Financial Markets / Ydriss Ziane -- Section 3 Online financing for MFIs -- Introduction / Arvind Ashta -- ch. 11 Marketing Analysis of Emerging Peer-to-Peer Microlending Websites / Meredith Hudson -- ch. 12 The Use of Web 2.0 Technologies in Online Lending and Impact on Different Components of Interest Rates / Djamchid Assadi -- ch. 13 EDA Capital Connect: An Online Platform for Social Enterprise Financing / Nikias Stefanakis -- Section 4 Technical, Regional and Sectoral Issues -- Introduction / Gloria Estape-Dubreuil -- ch. 14 The Role of Credit Scoring in Micro Lending / Vitalie Bumacov -- ch. 15 A Systemic-Fuzzy Model to Evaluate the Social Impact of Microcredits / Federico Fuentes -- |
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Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Information Technology for MFIs -- ch. 1 Stakeholder Analysis of IT Applications for Microfinance / Krishna Nyapati -- ch. 2 Free & Open Source Software for Microfinance: Increasing Efficiency and Extending Benefits to the Poor / Karuna Krishnaswamy -- ch. 3 IT and MIS in Microfinance Institution: Effectiveness and Sustainability Issues / Kishen Parthasarathy Iyengar -- ch. 4 Automating MFIs: How Far Should We Go? / Saleh Khan -- ch. 5 A Case Study of Mifos Implementation at Asomi / Puspadhar Das -- ch. 6 Implementing Point of Sale Technology in Microfinance: An Evaluation of Come To Save (CTS) Cooperatives, Bangladesh / Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan -- Section 2 Mobile Banking -- Introduction / Kevin Day -- ch. 7 Predicting the Attitude toward Mobile Financial Services in Developing Countries / Prateek Shrivastava -- ch. 8 A Technology Requirements and Governance Framework for Rural Microfinance: An Indian Perspective / Nandu Kulkarni -- |
| Summary |
"This book offers research on the microfinance movement that is providing poor people around the world an opportunity to take responsibility for their lives by providing them complementary elements such as financial capital and guidance"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
zPremier reference source--p. [1] of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Microfinance.
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Technological innovations.
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| Author |
Ashta, Arvind.
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| LC no. |
2009052754 |
| ISBN |
161520993X |
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1615209948 (ebk.) |
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9781615209934 |
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9781615209941 (ebk.) |
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