Advanced Technologies for Microfinance: Solutions and Challenges
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Advanced Technologies for Microfinance: Solutions and Challenges

Arvind Ashta
Release Date: August, 2010|Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 398
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-993-4
ISBN13: 9781615209934|ISBN10: 161520993X|EISBN13: 9781615209941
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In today’s global society, microfinance affords lower income individuals the opportunity to improve their economic situation through a democratic, market-based process.

Advanced Technologies for Microfinance: Solutions and Challenges is the first book to systematically address technology’s impact on microfinance. It discusses a wide variety of technology applications that will define the next generation of the microfinance movement and it addresses the tough questions surrounding technology in microfinance. For instance, what are the disadvantages of technology-enabled microfinance and what will it mean for the inclusiveness and empowerment of the service? This dynamic collection is a must-have for anyone interested in microfinance, whether you are a donor, lender, or investor.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Come to Save Cooperatives
  • Developing and Emergent Financial Markets
  • Free and Open Source Software
  • Interest Rates
  • Microcredits
  • Microfinance Institutions
  • Mobile Banking
  • Online Financing
  • Peer-to-Peer Microlending Web sites
  • Point of Sale Technology
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"This book is the first to systematically address technology's impact on microfinance. Ably compiled and edited by Professor Arvind Ashta, it covers a range of technology applications that will define the "next generation" of the microfinance movement. Most importantly, it tackles "tough questions" around technology: what are the disadvantages of technology-enabled microfinance, and what will this mean for the inclusiveness and empowerment of the service, among others."

– Gautam Ivatury, Strategic Advisor, CGAP, Partner, Signal Point Partners, New York, USA
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Arvind Ashta, PhD, holds the Microfinance Chair of the Burgundy School of Business (Groupe ESC Dijon-Bourgogne), France. He is a professor of finance, control and law and is member of its research center CEREN. He offers courses in Microfinance and this is currently his main field of research (regulatory aspects of Microfinance and advanced technology in Microfinance). He has taught Microfinance as visiting faculty in Chicago (US), Pforzheim (Germany) and Brussels (Belgium). He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and a Doctorat in Law from the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas). He worked 17 years in Corporate Enterprises in India and France in the fields on Management Control and Accounting before entering academics. He has a number of publications in International journals in behavioural finance, corporate social responsibility and in microfinance, notably in the Journal of Economic Issues.
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Editorial Advisory Board Members

  • Francisco D. Bretones, University of Granada, Spain
  • Naveen Das, The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, India
  • Ndeye Fall, Université de Bambey, USA
  • Tagelsir Gasmelseid, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
  • Rajat Gera, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India
  • M. Benoît Granger, Advancia, France
  • Susan Johnson, University of Bath, UK
  • Dilip Khankhoje, National Institute of Bank Management,  India
  • Annette Krauss, University of Zurich / Center for Microfinance, Switzerland
  • Trond Randøy, University of Agder, Norway
  • Abdul Rasheed, College of Business Administration, University of Texas at Arlington,  USA
  • Jonathan Warner, Quest University Canada, Canada
  • Christopher Woodruff, University of Warwick, UK

Technical Advisory Board Members

  • Suhail Awan, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Yemen
  • George Conard, Grameen Foundation, USA
  • Kevin Day, Riskebiz Internet Services Inc. Canada
  • Rene Gonzalez, MPower Labs, Inc. USA
  • John Ikeda, Abt Associates, USA
  • Pramod Krishnamurthy, Fullerton India Credit Co Ltd, India
  • Raghavan Kunigahalli, Technology Architecture and Management Consultant, USA
  • Harveer Singh, TimesofMoney, Ltd., India
  • John TenBrink, Opportunity International, USA
  • Virve Tremblay, NCR Corporation, Canada
  • Patricia Tyre, Pacific Global Investments LP, USA
  • Aparna Vishwanatham, Kriti Social Initiatives, India
  • Jamshed Zaman, Microcredit Regulatory Authority, Bangladesh
  • John Schroeder, Independent Consultant, USA