The New World of Microenterprise Finance: Building Healthy Financial Institutions for the Poor (Kumarian Press Library of Management for Development)

* Deals with microfinance in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
* Outlines successful programs such as: the Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI); BancoSol in Bolivia; the Association of Solidarity Groups in Colombia; and the Kenya Rural Enterprise Program

Otero and Rhyne introduce an innovative direction for microenterprise finance arguing that one can create viable and self-sustaining financial intermediaries that will give the poor greater access to financial services.