Promoting Microfinance

GIOVANNA AGUILAR Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú FRANCIS MENJO BAYE Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon DAVIDE CASTELLANI Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Bergamo, Italy STEPHANIE CHARITONENKO Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) SIMONETTA CHIODI University of Bergamo, Italy PABLO COTLER Departamento de Economia, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico VALENTINA HARTARSKA Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, USA DALE LAMPE Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) DENIS NADOLNYAK Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, USA ELOGE NISHIMIKIJIMANA African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa-Re) in Lagos, Nigeria JOSEPH NZONGANG Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, Cameroon ANA PANTELIC Fundación Capital JULIA PAXTON Ohio State University, USA WILLIAM F. STEEL Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Ghana LAURA VIGANO University of Bergamo, Italy SHEN XUAN Auburn University, USA

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