Promoting Microfinance

List of Tables and Figures About the Editors About the Contributors Challenges and Innovations in Promoting Microfinance; R.Manos, J-P.Gueyie & J.Yaron The Microfinance Industry in Peru and in México: Why have they Followed Different Paths?; P.Cotler & G.Aguilar A Push towards Revitalizing Rural Financial Institutions: Lessons from Mexico's PATMIR Project; J.Paxton Regulation and Performance of Ghana's Multi-Tiered Rural and Microfinance Industry; W.F.Steel The Implications of a Growing Microfinance Market in Latin America and the Caribbean; A.Panteli? Micro-Credit Access and Household Welfare in Rural Cameroon; F.M.Baye Cost Function Approach to MFI Efficiency: The Role of Subsidy and Social Output Measures; V.Hartarska, D.Nadolnyak & X.Shen Social and Finance Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Multi-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Application; J.Nzongang & E.Nishimikijimana Designing Apex Organisations in Conflict-Affected Environments: An Analysis of Recent Experiences in Bosnia & Herzegovina and in Afghanistan; S.Charitonenko & D.Lampe Are Microfinance Institutions and their Customers Reactive to Disaster Risk? Main Topics and four Case Studies; L.Viganò, D.Castellani & S.Chiodi