TY - BOOK ID - 30509709 TI - The new microfinance handbook : a financial market system perspective AU - Ledgerwood, Joanna. AU - Earne, Julie. AU - Nelson, Candace. AU - World Bank. PY - 2013 SN - 0821389289 0821389270 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Microfinance. KW - Financial institutions. KW - Poor KW - Finance, Personal. KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Financial intermediaries KW - Lending institutions KW - Micro-finance KW - Microcredit KW - Microenterprise lending KW - Microlending KW - Economic conditions KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Financial services industry KW - Small business KW - Finance UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30509709 AB - The New Microfinance Handbook takes a market systems approach to financial inclusion, oriented by client needs. Framing the book with the client as the central element recognizes the emerging awareness that financial needs of the poor are many and are provided by multiple market players beyond the scope of any single institutional form. The book explores the fundamentals of this expanded view through examining client needs (demand), products and providers (supply), and the support systems required to increase financial access to the poor with a focus on operational support, rules and regulatio ER -