Microcredit and Development Policy

Contents: Introduction: Microcredit as a Policy Tool; Microcredit: A Grassroots Policy for International Development; Development Policy and the Role of Microcredit; Delivering Microfinance in Developing Countries: Controversies and Policy Perspectives; Microcredit: An Institutional Development Opportunity; Microcredit and Rural Finance; The Incorporated Township as the Primary Recipient of Developmental Credit: A Policy Option for African Governments; Microenterprise in Russia During its Economic Transition: 1991-1993; Microfinance, Regulation, and Uncollateralised Loans to Small Producers in Argentina; An Assessment of Microfinance Clients in Uganda; Practitioner-Led lmpact Assessment: A Test in Mali; Economic Development Activities of Urban Religious Institutions; 'Small is Indeed Beautiful But...'; The Context of Microcredit Strategies in Nepal; Training for Microenterprise Creation: The Case of the Centre for Women and Enterprise; Where to Microfinance?; Index.