Social finance: Publications

2009 

• Village banking in Lao PDR - Ledger Guide - [pdf 163 KB]
  26 October 2009 - This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. As explained in Chapter 7 of the handbook, the ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest). (Book)
• Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Capacity Building Guide - [pdf 506 KB]
  26 October 2009 - A training tool for improving the skills of staff in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) support institutions and projects, enabling them to provide more effective services. (Book)
• Building Women Entrepreneurs’ Associations - [pdf 305 KB]
  26 October 2009 - A training tool designed to build the capacity of WEAs in running and improving their associations. (Book)
• VILLAGE BANKING IN LAO PDR Handbook for Village Bank Management Committees and Support Organizations - [pdf 1548 KB]
  26 October 2009 - The main objective of this handbook is to help improve management capacity at the village level and contribute to the strengthening of provision of support to village banks. As such, it is primarily designed for use by support organizations and village bank management committees. (Book)

2008 

• Trade unions and financial inclusion : the case of South Africa - [pdf 718 KB]
  05 February 2008 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 51 (Working paper)
• Formalisation through micro-finance : an empirical study in Egypt - [pdf 739 KB]
  01 February 2008 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 52 (Working paper)
• The contribution of migrant organisations to income-generating activities in their countries of origin - [pdf 711 KB]
  01 January 2008 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 50 (Working paper)

2007 

• Assessing indebtedness : results from a pilot survey among steelworkers in São Paulo - [pdf 725 KB]
  01 August 2007 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 46 (Working paper)
• The impact of liberalisation policies on access to microfinance : the case of Peru - [pdf 947 KB]
  01 June 2007 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 45 (Working paper)
• Financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships : determinants and effects : findings from urban Ghana - [pdf 772 KB]
  05 March 2007 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 49 (Working paper)
• The poor and voluntary long term contractual savings : lessons from South Africa - [pdf 1278 KB]
  05 February 2007 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 48 (Working paper)
• Circular 246 - Microfinance for decent work: Organization and responsibilities of the Social Finance Programme (SFP) - [pdf 90 KB]
  31 January 2007 - (Publication)

2006 

• Overindebtedness in Germany - [pdf 689 KB]
  01 December 2006 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 44 (Working paper)
• Linking debt relief to microfinance : an issues paper - [pdf 636 KB]
  01 August 2006 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 42 (Working paper)
• Microlending in Germany - [pdf 814 KB]
  01 April 2006 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 41 (Working paper)

2003 

• Savings and credit associations and remittances : the case of Far West Nepalese labour migrants in Delhi, India - [pdf 254 KB]
  01 October 2003 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 39 (Working paper)
• Migrant worker remittances and microfinance in Bangladesh - [pdf 316 KB]
  01 September 2003 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 38 (Working paper)
• The role of a profesional association in mutual microfinance : the case of Madagascar - [pdf 576 KB]
  01 August 2003 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 37 (Working paper)
• How trustable are West African mutual savings and loan institutions? : an application of the PASMEC databank - [pdf 165 KB]
  01 June 2003 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 36 (Working paper)
• Property rights and collateral : how gender makes a difference - [pdf 2886 KB]
  01 May 2003 - Social Finance Working Paper No. 35 (Working paper)