Microfinance
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Microfinance
- Here are entered works on non-traditional banking techniques and methodologies used to provide financial services to clients not served by traditional financial institutions.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007705
- info:lc/authorities/sh97007705
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh97007705#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Micro-finance
- Microcredit
- Microenterprise lending
- Microlending
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Johnson, S. Microfinance and poverty reduction, 1997: p. 1 (microfinance: the provision of financial services dealing with very small deposits and loans)
- found: Schneider, H. Microfinance for the poor, 1997.
- found: ODA and microfinance, 1997.
- found: WWW Yahoo & Altavista search, 9 Oct. 1997 (Microfinance, micro-finance)
- found: LC database, 9 Oct. 1997 (Microfinance; micro-finance)
- found: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Banking and Financial Services. H.R. 4179--the Program for Investments in Microenterpreneurs Act of 1998, hearing ... 1998: p. 1 (microenterprise lending; microlending; generally, a loan in amount under $15,000 for a microenterprise, enterprise of fewer than five employees) p. 2 (microfinance) p. 8 (microcredit)
- notfound: Macmillan dict. of mod. econ.;Peng. dict. econ.;Reuters econ. fin.;Web. 3;OED
LC Classification
- HG178.3-HG178.33
General Notes
- Here are entered works on non-traditional banking techniques and methodologies used to provide financial services to clients not served by traditional financial institutions.
Change Notes
- 1997-10-09: new
- 1999-02-17: revised
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