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Articles by: Westley, G.D. (4 items)

Reform and rehabilitation of credit unions: a way to expand microfinance (2000)
Realising the potential of credit unions as microfinance providers
Safe Money: Building Effective Credit Unions in Latin America (2000)
Online version of this document is not available at the moment. To get a personal copy, please view Ordering Information.What are the challenges for credit unions and what is the new environment?
Can financial market policies reduce income inequality? (2001)
Will second generation financial reforms help reduce inequality by altering the conditions under which financial markets function?
Principios y prácticas para la regulación y supervisión de las microfinanzas (2003)
Principios y prácticas para la regulación y supervisión de las microfinanzas

Articles by: Branch, B. (15 items)

Credit Union Regulation and Supervision: Technical Guide (2008)
WOCCU’s experiences in developing suitable regulatory systems and supervisory frameworks
Working With Savings & Credit Cooperatives (Donor Brief No. 25) (2005)
What do donors need to remember in promoting savings and credit cooperatives?
A Technical Guide to PEARLS - A Performance Monitoring System (WOCCU Technical Guide #2) (2002)
A guide to assess the financial stability of credit unions
A Technical Guide to Savings Mobilization: Lessons from the Credit Union Experience (WOCCU Technical Guide #1) (2002)
Recommendations for marketing savings products and instructions on managing savings
Rethinking Rural Finance: A Synthesis of the 'Paving the Way Forward for Rural Finance Conference' (2004)
Constraints and solutions in developing rural finance
Formulaic Restrictions Choke Private Sector Incentives to Serve Poor (2003)
A viewpoint from Brian Branch, Vice President, World Council of Credit Unions Inc. (WOCCU)
Ecuador Credit Unions Micro-Enterprise Innovation Project (1998)
What are the effects of the micro-enterprise innovation project in Ecuador?
Microfinance in Guatemala: The Case of Credit Unions (1998)
What features made two credit unions successful in providing microfinance to low-income, rural markets?
Financial Market Niche: Member Behavior Profile, Credit Unions in Guatemala (1993)
What are the characteristics of credit union members in the context of the cooperative strengthening programme (CSP)?
Credit Unions Retooled: A Roadmap for Financial Stabilization (1993)
What are the key components of the credit union strengthening programme in Guatemala?
Case Studies in Microfinance: Guatemala - The Case of Union Popular and Union Progresista Amatitlaneca (UPA) Credit Unions (1999)
The success of financial sustainability of microfinance in Guatemala
Credit Unions: Effective Vehicles for Microfinance Delivery (1999)
What are the strengths of credit unions as microfinance service providers?
Safe Money: Building Effective Credit Unions in Latin America (2000)
Online version of this document is not available at the moment. To get a personal copy, please view Ordering Information.What are the challenges for credit unions and what is the new environment?
Striking the Balance in Microfinance: A Practical Guide to Mobilising Savings (2002)
Practical guide to mobilizing savings
The Road to Jinotega (2001)
The road to successful sustainable credit institutions

Articles by: Eds. (16 items)

Making Insurance Work for the Poor (Microinsurance Conference 2007) (2007)
Summary of discussions & findings from microinsurance conference organized by CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, the Munich Re Foundation, and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, November 13-15, 2007, India
2007 MIX Asia 100: Ranking of Microfinance Institutions (2008)
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Asian MFIs?
Microfinance for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: An Introduction (2007)
Role of microfinance in water and sanitation sector
Social Performance Progress Brief (Volume 1, Number 4) (2007)
This brief aims to build understanding of social ratings and how they may contribute to more transparency and better practice for social performance in microfinance.
Early and Broad Sectoral Interventions for Rapid Microfinance Development: Evidence from West Africa (microNOTE #24) (2006)
This report proposes a comprehensive approach to microfinance development for recovery in post-conflict environments.
Financial Sector Reform in China (2005)
This collection of 12 articles proposes solutions to the problems of China's financial system.
Who Needs Credit?: Poverty and Finance in Bangladesh (1997)
Lessons learnt from microfinance institutions in the attempt to tackle poverty.
Sequencing? Financial Strategies for Developing Countries (1997)
Undermining Rural Development with Cheap Credit (1984)
Reasons for the disappointing results of agricultural credit programmes in low-income countries
The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship (1986)
Taking a Fresh Look at Informal Finance (1992)
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The critical connection: Governments, private institutions and the informal sector in Latin America (1990)
What roles should government, donors and NGOs assume in microenterprise development?
Financial Landscapes Reconstructed: The Fine Art of Mapping Development (1994)
Is there a way to conceptualise the financial situation in order to accurately depict its varied and diverse nature and origins?
Challenges of microsavings mobilisation: Concepts and views from the field (1999)
Are savings services a necessary element of microfinance services?
Safe Money: Building Effective Credit Unions in Latin America (2000)
Online version of this document is not available at the moment. To get a personal copy, please view Ordering Information.What are the challenges for credit unions and what is the new environment?
How to Regulate and Supervise Microfinance? - Key Issues in an International Perspective (2000)
The lag between growth and regulation in microfinance
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