Development Finance Companies

A guide to global, regional, and national development finance institutions. Broken down by scope of activities, the text introduces each institution, gives a short overview of its programs, and provides contact information.

In this comparative study of programmes against poverty in developing countries, the authors argue that building sustainable, target group-oriented financial institutions is important and feasible, and that it is likely to have greater development impact than the channelling of external funds to poor target groups (small and micro-scale business, small farmers, and women). The analysis has far-reaching implications for development policy and will interest development specialists, policymakers, and scholars of development finance and international banking.

Monograph on economic research into problems and prospects in connection with economic aid for financing economic development in developing countries - covers foreign investment, international banking activities, local level capital markets, etc. World Bank, IDA and UNDP mentioned, and bibliography pp. 439 and 440.