The authors of this timely analysis compare the different ways in
which financial services in developing countries are provided to
poor target groups largely cut off from formal financial systems:
small and micro-scale business, small farmers, and women. They
argue that building sustainable and target group-oriented financial
institutions is important and feasible, and that such building is
likely to have greater development impact than the channeling of
external funds to poor target groups. Yet the provision of
financial services to the poor as well as institution-building
efforts are likely to run into severe information and incentive
problems. How these problems can be addressed and overcome is
central to the authors' analysis. Drawing extensively on the
conceptual tools of the new economics of information and
institutions, Krahnen and Schmidt examine real-world cases of
institution building. They consider formal and informal financial
institutions, in particular group lend ing, rotating savings and
credit associations (RoSCAs), and financial cooperatives, and
demonstrate how information and institution economics can be put
into prac tice. Development Finance as Institution Building has
far-reaching implications for development policy and the design of
aid programs. It is crucial reading for development specialists,
policymakers, and scholars of development finance and international
banking. This study has been prepared on behalf and with the
support of the International Labour Office (ILO). It forms part of
a program that explores the links between finance and poverty
reduction.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2022 |
| First published: |
1994 |
| Authors: |
Jan Pieter Krahnen
|
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
174 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-00997-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
0-367-00997-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780367009977 |
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