Emerging Challenges and Innovations in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030052605 ISBN 13 : 9783030052607

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

Reflects on a possible role for microfinance in light of the complex challenges posed by climate change, both in terms of adaptation and mitigation

Aims at analysing the conditions of loan renewals, as most microfinance institutions foster client retention and apply a progressive lending policy

Examines current thought in terms of the wider place of financial technology in achieving financial inclusion​

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael O'Connor is a senior lecturer in the accounting and financial management subject group at Portsmouth Business School. As a law graduate and finance professional he has worked with Andersen and KPMG in Ireland as well as the European Commission in Brussels. He has significant overseas experience in Russia and China, particularly in financial training. In this regard he has also worked as a contractor for international consultancy firms on behalf of public and private sector clients in Western Europe, West Africa, Central Asia. He is a graduate of the European Microfinance Programme at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and was a co-organiser of the 5th European Research Conference on Microfinance.

Joana Silva Afonso is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Portsmouth (Economics and Finance Department). She has experience both as practitioner and researcher in the microfinance sector. She first became involved with microfinance in Portugal where she was a microcredit officer at ANDC (NGO) between 2005 and 2012. In 2013, she completed the European Microfinance Programme at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), which included field work in the Dominican Republic. Between 2015 and 2018, as part of her PhD at the University of Portsmouth, she conducted research on the challenges associated with impact evaluation in microfinance with field work in Pakistan and Zimbabwe. She was a co-organiser of the 5th European Research Conference on Microfinance which took place in June 2017.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030052605
• ISBN 13: 9783030052607
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Éditeur: O'Connor Michael, Silva Afonso Joana
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