Description |
viii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Mellen studies in economics ; v. 19 |
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Mellen studies in economics ; v. 19
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Contents |
1. The Analysis of MFOs -- 2. Subsidies and Subsidized Funds -- 3. Sustainability -- 4. Repeated Use by Poor Customers -- 5. Private Profitability for Investors -- 6. Financial Self-sufficiency for Workers -- 7. Cost-effectiveness for the Poor -- 8. Market Leverage for Donors -- 9. Links between Views of Performance -- 10. Weaknesses of the Framework -- App. A. The Parable of the Subsidized Servant -- App. B. EVA, and SDI for For-profit Firms -- App. C. The Denominator of the Standard SDI -- App. D. Opportunity Costs for the Market -- App. E. How Profit Grants Change Profit and ROE -- App. F. How to Convert between Real and Nominal Rates -- App. G. From Nominal Units of Local Currency to Constant Dollars -- App. H. How to Estimate Average Stocks -- App. I. How to Estimate Discounted Accumulated Flows -- App. J. How to Estimate Discounted Average Stocks -- App. K. Benefits as a Multiple of Output -- App. L. BancoSol Of Bolivia -- App. M. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh |
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App. N. Why Society Subsidizes MFOs |
Summary |
This study provides a framework for the evaluation of microfinance organizations, applied as an example to the two best-known microfinance organizations in the world, BancoSol of Bolivia and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. It shows how to adapt existing evaluation frameworks (for example, economic benefit-cost analysis) to the particular application of microfinance organizations. This is a major area of interest because microfinance is rapidly becoming the major development tool in first-world/third-world development assistance |
Notes |
Series statement from publisher's website |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index |
Subject |
Banco Solidario -- Evaluation.
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Banco Solidario.
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Grameen Bank -- Evaluation.
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Grameen Bank.
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Microfinance -- Bangladesh -- Case studies.
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Microfinance -- Bangladesh.
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Microfinance -- Bolivia -- Case studies.
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Microfinance -- Bolivia.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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LC no. |
2003042576 |
ISBN |
0773467300 |
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