1st Edition
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion The challenge of regulating alternative forms of finance
Introduction and executive summary. Microfinance and its "dimensions" Part I. Description of Microfinance: a creature of chameleonic nature 1. New frontiers and objectives of financial regulation 2. Microcredit and Microfinance: general characteristics Part II. Analysis of Microfinance "Dimensions" from a regulatory point of view 3. Dimension I: Microfinance as multi-facets creature: the legal enigma and different levels of regulation 4. Dimension II: the social objective within the business structure and social effectiveness 5. Dimension III: economic sustainability/effectiveness 6. Dimension IV: Microfinance as an alternative to traditional banking with "peculiar" instruments. The fundamental problem of regulating microfinance 7. Dimension V: Microfinance as an innovative chameleon: the ability to take advantage of new technologies 8. Dimension VI: Microfinance as a responsible activity: client protection without curtailing access 9. Final Conclusions
Biography
Eugenia Macchiavello is a Lecturer/Adjunct Professor in Banking Law at the University of Genoa and Senior Research Fellow at the Genoa Centre for Law and Finance.
