TY - BOOK ID - 47684153 TI - Microfinance in Russia : broadening access to finance for micro and small entrepreneurs PY - 2005 SN - 0821363867 9780821363867 9786610238262 1280238267 0821363875 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Zonder onderwerpscode: wereldeconomie, ontwikkelingsproblematiek KW - Microfinance KW - Russia KW - Economic policy. KW - Micro-finance KW - Microcredit KW - Microenterprise lending KW - Microlending KW - Financial services industry KW - Small business KW - Finance KW - Russie KW - Rossīi︠a︡ KW - Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ KW - Russia (Provisional government, 1917) KW - Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) KW - Russland KW - Ṛusastan KW - Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) KW - Russian Empire KW - Rosja KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:47684153 AB - In Russia, small-scale entrepreneurship has emerged in response to the collapse of state-ownership and unemployment in the early 1990's. Small businesses typically lack adequate collateral and credit history, making them "unbankable" by the mainstream financial sector. To fund their businesses, micro-entrepreneurs are forced to rely on funds from family and friends, or money lenders. Microfinance institutions of four types have emerged to meet the unfulfilled financing needs of micro-entrepreneurs: commercial banks, specialized NGO-type microfinance institutions, membership-based institutions ER -