Basu, a structured finance and capital markets lawyer at Reed Smith, has put together a varied and insightful compendium of expertise on microfinance, which provides an information-rich resource to practitioners, or indeed anyone professionally involved in this continually evolving and diverse area.

• ForewordRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPPart I. Introduction and overviewWhat is microfinance and its various typesRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPMicrofinance and its discontents – hurdles and key issuesSam MendelsonFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantBusiness model evolutionPete PowerAngkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea Co LtdMicroinsuranceMosleh AhmedMicroinsurance Research CentreShari’a compliant microfinanceAtif HanifEdana RichardsonAllen & Overy LLPLivelihoodsOlly DonnellyShiviaMalcolm HarperM-CRILPart II. Financing and commercialisationMicrofinance from an investor’s perspectiveMarcus FedderInternational Finance Facility for ImmunisationMicrofinance and capital marketsJuliette ChapelleParis Bar SchoolPart III. Governance and regulationGovernance and sustainability of microfinance institutionsMelissa ManzoAllen & Overy LLPMicrofinance regulation: government intervention versus self-regulationHajar BarbachEmma MatebalavuClifford Chance LLPPart IV. Impact and analysisThe empowerment of rural women through microfinanceDr Tara NairGujarat Institute of Development ResearchMicrofinance investment vehicles and social performanceJean-Marie De CorteMarc LabieLudovic UrgegheJean-Claude VansnickWarocqué School of Business and EconomicsThe strength of weak ties in microfinanceCornell JacksonDr MarrUniversity of GreenwichPart V. Developments and trendsMicrofinance and the impact of mobile bankingCameron Goldie-ScotMusoni BVThe crisis in Indian microfinanceSanjay SinhaM-CRILThe future of microfinanceIan CallaghanFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantMicrofinance 2.0 and the empowerment of rural womenDr Phyllis SantaMariaMicrofinance without BordersAbout the authors

Basu, a structured finance and capital markets lawyer at Reed Smith, has put together a varied and insightful compendium of expertise on microfinance, which provides an information-rich resource to practitioners, or indeed anyone professionally involved in this continually evolving and diverse area.

• ForewordRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPPart I. Introduction and overviewWhat is microfinance and its various typesRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPMicrofinance and its discontents – hurdles and key issuesSam MendelsonFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantBusiness model evolutionPete PowerAngkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea Co LtdMicroinsuranceMosleh AhmedMicroinsurance Research CentreShari’a compliant microfinanceAtif HanifEdana RichardsonAllen & Overy LLPLivelihoodsOlly DonnellyShiviaMalcolm HarperM-CRILPart II. Financing and commercialisationMicrofinance from an investor’s perspectiveMarcus FedderInternational Finance Facility for ImmunisationMicrofinance and capital marketsJuliette ChapelleParis Bar SchoolPart III. Governance and regulationGovernance and sustainability of microfinance institutionsMelissa ManzoAllen & Overy LLPMicrofinance regulation: government intervention versus self-regulationHajar BarbachEmma MatebalavuClifford Chance LLPPart IV. Impact and analysisThe empowerment of rural women through microfinanceDr Tara NairGujarat Institute of Development ResearchMicrofinance investment vehicles and social performanceJean-Marie De CorteMarc LabieLudovic UrgegheJean-Claude VansnickWarocqué School of Business and EconomicsThe strength of weak ties in microfinanceCornell JacksonDr MarrUniversity of GreenwichPart V. Developments and trendsMicrofinance and the impact of mobile bankingCameron Goldie-ScotMusoni BVThe crisis in Indian microfinanceSanjay SinhaM-CRILThe future of microfinanceIan CallaghanFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantMicrofinance 2.0 and the empowerment of rural womenDr Phyllis SantaMariaMicrofinance without BordersAbout the authors

Basu, a structured finance and capital markets lawyer at Reed Smith, has put together a varied and insightful compendium of expertise on microfinance, which provides an information-rich resource to practitioners, or indeed anyone professionally involved in this continually evolving and diverse area.

• ForewordRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPPart I. Introduction and overviewWhat is microfinance and its various typesRanajoy BasuReed Smith LLPMicrofinance and its discontents – hurdles and key issuesSam MendelsonFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantBusiness model evolutionPete PowerAngkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea Co LtdMicroinsuranceMosleh AhmedMicroinsurance Research CentreShari’a compliant microfinanceAtif HanifEdana RichardsonAllen & Overy LLPLivelihoodsOlly DonnellyShiviaMalcolm HarperM-CRILPart II. Financing and commercialisationMicrofinance from an investor’s perspectiveMarcus FedderInternational Finance Facility for ImmunisationMicrofinance and capital marketsJuliette ChapelleParis Bar SchoolPart III. Governance and regulationGovernance and sustainability of microfinance institutionsMelissa ManzoAllen & Overy LLPMicrofinance regulation: government intervention versus self-regulationHajar BarbachEmma MatebalavuClifford Chance LLPPart IV. Impact and analysisThe empowerment of rural women through microfinanceDr Tara NairGujarat Institute of Development ResearchMicrofinance investment vehicles and social performanceJean-Marie De CorteMarc LabieLudovic UrgegheJean-Claude VansnickWarocqué School of Business and EconomicsThe strength of weak ties in microfinanceCornell JacksonDr MarrUniversity of GreenwichPart V. Developments and trendsMicrofinance and the impact of mobile bankingCameron Goldie-ScotMusoni BVThe crisis in Indian microfinanceSanjay SinhaM-CRILThe future of microfinanceIan CallaghanFinancial inclusion & microfinance consultantMicrofinance 2.0 and the empowerment of rural womenDr Phyllis SantaMariaMicrofinance without BordersAbout the authors