Overview
- Re?ects on a possible role for micro?nance 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 micro?nance institutions foster client retention and apply a progressive lending policy
- Examines current thought in terms of the wider place of ?nancial technology in achieving ?nancial inclusion?
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book is a contemporary compilation of important research in the area of microfinance and financial inclusion. It explores a plurality of views and experiences from different parts of the world while linking a variety of international research backgrounds. Accordingly the book will fill a gap in providing a carefully curated cross-sectorial selection of topics relevant to the development finance research community primarily but also industry practitioners who are interested in keeping abreast of developing research. Benefits in this regard also include being able to provide a platform to less established researchers offering them a voice in published form.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emerging Challenges and Innovations in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Editors: Michael O'Connor, Joana Silva Afonso
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05261-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05260-7Published: 24 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05261-4Published: 15 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 179
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Finance, International Finance