From Microfinance to Small Business Finance

Based on one of the most talked about events of the Year of Microfinance, this book argues for private capital investments in microfinance in developing countries. It uses a lifecycle perspective to consider the need for capital in microfinance and the issues investors need to address to obtain a larger mobilization of private capital.

Autorentext
SUVALAXMI CHAKRABORY Head of the Rural & Micro Assets Group, ICIC Bank, India CHRISTOPH FREYTAG Managing Director of IPC GmbH, Germany HANNS-MICHAEL HÖLZ Managing Director and Global Head of sustainable development, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany KATHRYN IMBODEN Director of Policy, IMD, Switzerland VIJAY MAHAJAN Managing Director, BASIX, India SANJAY SINHA Managing Director, Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited, India MARC DE SOUSA SHIELDS Managing Partner and Director, Enterprising Solutions Global Consulting, Mexico DAMIAN VON STAUFFENBERG Founder and Principal, MicroRate, USA MICHAEL STEIDL Managing Director, Micro Service Consult, Germany

Inhalt
Foreword; S.Fischer Introduction; B.Leleux, D.Constantinou& M.Ogunsulire Introductory Speech; K.Annan PART I: MARKET DEMAND The Demand for Micro and Small Business Finance: The $500 Billion Question Institution Building; V.Mahajan An Analysis of Microfinance Business Models; B.Leleux& D.Constantinou Downscaling Projects in CIS countries - Revisited; C.Freytag Case Study - ICICI Bank; S.Chakraborty PART II: PRIVATE CAPITAL IN MICROFINANCE Capital for Microfinance: From Public and Social Investment to Integration into Mainstream Financial Markets; M.Steidl Challenges in the Transition to Private Capital; M.de Sousa Shields A Real Business Case On Its Way; H.Hoelz PART III: STRUCTURAL FACTORS IN MICROFINANCE Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development: The Policy Framework; K.Imboden PART IV: ASSESSING MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS Rating Microfinance Institutions in Latin America and Africa; D.von Stauffenberg Rating Microfinance Institutions in Asia; S.Sinha