Microfinance in Asia

Business & Finance, Finance & Investing, Banks & Banking, Economics, International
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Author: Christopher Gan, Gilbert V Nartea ISBN: 9789813147966
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: March 27, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Christopher Gan, Gilbert V Nartea
ISBN: 9789813147966
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: March 27, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Lack of credit access is severe in low income and poor families that are normally considered to have fewer opportunities to borrow from banks due to insufficient valuable assets for collateral. These low-income households face limited opportunity to acquire new technology and working capital for agricultural production and thus tend to fall behind. As a result, providing access to finance to low-income rural households has been considered an important component of any rural development strategy. Microfinance programmes, in particular, have been gradually embedded in national strategies of many developing countries as they are poverty-focused. They aim to facilitate the access to financial services such as credit for the poor who are usually disadvantaged in terms of access to conventional financial services from formal financial institutions. The objective of this book is to provide an overview of microfinance programmes in Asia focusing in particular on the determinants of the accessibility of rural households to microcredit. The book studies seven Asian countries such as China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh with two specific case studies.

Contents:

  • An Overview of Microfinance (Christopher Gan, Gilbert V Nartea and Judy Li Xia)
  • Rural Credit Market and Microfinance in Vietnam (Phan Dinh Khoi and Christopher Gan)
  • Microfinance Institutions in Malaysia (Mohamad D Revindo and Christopher Gan)
  • Credit Market and Microcredit Services in Rural China (Mohamad D Revindo and Christopher Gan)
  • Microfinance System in Thailand (Satit Aditto)
  • Rural Financial Markets and Credit Delivery System in the Philippines (Salvador P Catelo, Maria Angeles O Catelo and Ceptryl S Mina)
  • Islamic Microfinance in Indonesia (Bayu Arie Fianto and Christopher Gan)
  • Microfinance Market in Bangladesh (Mohammad Monirul Hasan and Mohammad Abdul Malek)
  • Conclusions (Christopher Gan, Gilbert V Nartea and Judy Li Xia)
  • Accessibility and Impact of Rural Credit Cooperatives Microcredit Programmes to Rural Households: A Case Study from Hubei Province, China (Mohamad D Revindo and Christopher Gan)
  • Rural Microfinance Banking Viability and Outreach: A Case of Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Mohamad D Revindo and Christopher Gan)

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the fields of international finance and Asian economies.
Key Features:

  • The first book that presents a detailed discussion of microfinance and rural credit in seven Asian countries
  • A unique aspect of this book is the discussion of Islamic Microfinance in Indonesia which differs significantly from conventional microcredit institutions and providers
  • A special feature of the book are two case studies of microfinance institutions in China and Indonesia
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Lack of credit access is severe in low income and poor families that are normally considered to have fewer opportunities to borrow from banks due to insufficient valuable assets for collateral. These low-income households face limited opportunity to acquire new technology and working capital for agricultural production and thus tend to fall behind. As a result, providing access to finance to low-income rural households has been considered an important component of any rural development strategy. Microfinance programmes, in particular, have been gradually embedded in national strategies of many developing countries as they are poverty-focused. They aim to facilitate the access to financial services such as credit for the poor who are usually disadvantaged in terms of access to conventional financial services from formal financial institutions. The objective of this book is to provide an overview of microfinance programmes in Asia focusing in particular on the determinants of the accessibility of rural households to microcredit. The book studies seven Asian countries such as China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh with two specific case studies.

Contents:

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the fields of international finance and Asian economies.
Key Features:

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