TY - BOOK AU - Nayak,Binod B. TI - The synergy of microfinance: fighting poverty by moving beyond credit SN - 9789351500421 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - HG178.33.D44 N393 2014 U1 - 332/NAY 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications KW - Microfinance KW - Developing countries KW - Poor KW - Services for N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue -- Introduction -- On poverty : who are the poor? : why poverty persists? -- Borrowing and saving : a critique -- How small loans can make a big difference : the birth of microcredit and its evolution into microfinance and beyond -- Microcredit : anatomy of an instrument that revolutionized -- Lending -- Microsavings : voluntary savings for the poor -- Microinsurance -- Microleasing : improving access to tools and technology -- Remittances, payment systems and microfinance -- Complementary non-financial services -- Critiquing microfinance -- The synergy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author ER -