Microfinance in Russia : broadening access to finance for micro and small entrepreneurs /

In Russia, small-scale entrepreneurship has emerged in response to the collapse of state-ownership and unemployment in the early 1990s. Small businesses typically lack adequate collateral and credit history, making them "unbankable" by the mainstream financial sector. To fund their busines...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bossoutrot, Sylvie K., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2005.
Series:World Bank working paper ; no. 67.
Subjects:
Microfinance > Russia (Federation)
Financial services industry > Russia (Federation)
Small business > Russia (Federation) > Finance.
Microfinance > Russie.
Services financiers > Russie.
Petites et moyennes entreprises > Russie > Finances.
Microentreprises > Russie > Finances.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Financial services industry
Microfinance
Small business > Finance
Mikrofinanzierung
Financement.
Microfinance.
Petite et moyenne entreprise.
Service financier.
Russia (Federation)
Russland
Russie.
Computer network resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Background
  • 2. State of the industry
  • 3. Banks and microfinance
  • 4. Credit cooperatives
  • 5. Nongovernmental organizations
  • 6. Public funds
  • 7. Overall trends in Russian microfinance
  • 8. Key challenges going forward and recommendations
  • App. A. Microfinance demand estimates
  • App. B. Greenfield and downscaling experiences in Eastern Europe and the CIS
  • App. C. The Brazilian microfinance experience
  • App. D. The Polish credit union experience
  • App. E. Description of specialized Russian NGO MFI programs
  • App. F. Russian regional funds involved in the provision of microfinance services
  • App. G. Illustrative list of World Bank-funded microfinance support projects
  • App. H. List of microfinance commercial funding sources
  • App. I. CBR statutory requirements (instruction no. 62A)
  • App. J. Regional comparative benchmark tables.

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