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Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Development

Sustainability and Inclusion in Emerging Markets

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Editors:
  1. Douglas Cumming

    1. Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Yizhe Dong

    1. Aberystwyth University Business School, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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  3. Wenxuan Hou

    1. University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  4. Binayak Sen

    1. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  • Provides an accessible, analytical road map for understanding the recent development and challenges of microfinance
  • Describes how people achieve financial empowerment through entrepreneurship
  • Considers the effects of microfinance at the individual and organizational levels
  • Promotes policies inclusive of marginalized groups
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The End of Imagination? Understanding New Developments in Microfinance

    • Douglas Cumming, Yizhe Dong, Wenxuan Hou, Binayak Sen
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Influence of Formal and Informal Institutions on Microcredit: Financial Inclusion for Micro-Entrepreneurs by Lender Type

    • Alexander Newman, Susan Schwarz, Daniel J. Borgia, Wu Wei
    Pages 23-52

  4. Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Development: Study of Women’s Group Enterprise Development in India

    • K. Naveen Kumar
    Pages 53-71

  5. Perception of Microfinance Debtors and Loan Officers on the Importance of Entrepreneurial and Business Skills for Loan Repayment Rates

    • Daniel Agbeko, Vincent Blok, S. W. F. Omta, G. Van der Velde
    Pages 73-85

  6. Choice of Finance in an Emerging Market: The Impact of Independent Decisions, Politics and Religion

    • Nurhan Davutyan, Belma Öztürkkal
    Pages 87-105

  7. Managing Everyday Living: Microfinance and Capability

    • Liong Ing Ling, Jill Wilson, Lynda Shevellar
    Pages 107-125

  8. Credit, Microfinance, and Empowerment

    • Vani S. Kulkarni, Md Shafiul Azam, Raghav Gaiha
    Pages 127-152

  9. Microfinance Impact Assessment Methodologies: Is it Qualitative, Quantitative or Both?

    • Onafowokan O. Oluyombo, Grace O. Iriobe
    Pages 153-168

  10. What is Islamic Microfinance?

    • Luqyan Tamanni, F. H. Liu
    Pages 169-195

  11. Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from Bangladesh

    • Md Aslam Mia
    Pages 197-222

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 223-224
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About this book

This edited collection presents recent developments, practical innovations, and policy reforms in the realm of microfinance in emerging markets. Microfinance has been hotly debated by ever-colliding camps of ardent supporters, who believe that microfinance addresses credit market failures and provides a durable answer to the problem of the poverty, and staunch critics, who argue that lending by microfinance institutions is wasteful, and the interest rates are too high. To bring further insight into this important debate, this book presents comprehensive historical, political, and economic perspectives on the latest issues in microfinance. An impressive array of scholars and practitioners build a framework for thinking about regulation to drive sustainable, inclusive development. With case studies of programs in India, Ghana, and Bangladesh, and examinations of the effects of gender and religion on financial decision-making, this comprehensive collection offers something valuable to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners—anyone with a vested interest in promoting innovation in microfinance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Douglas Cumming

  • Aberystwyth University Business School, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

    Yizhe Dong

  • University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Wenxuan Hou

  • Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Binayak Sen

About the editors

Douglas Cumming is Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship and Ontario Research Chair at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada. 


Yizhe Dong is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance at University of Aberdeen, UK.


Wenxuan Hou is Chair of Corporate Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK.


Binayak Sen is Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC, USA. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Development

  • Book Subtitle: Sustainability and Inclusion in Emerging Markets

  • Editors: Douglas Cumming, Yizhe Dong, Wenxuan Hou, Binayak Sen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62111-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62110-4Published: 06 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87237-7Published: 18 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62111-1Published: 28 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Development Finance, Personal Finance/Wealth Management/Pension Planning

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