TY - BOOK AU - Montalieu,Thierry TI - Micro-credit Institutions: Between Promise and Limitations -Banking Practices and Objectives PY - 2002///. N1 - 47 N2 - The new strategy of the World Bank for fighting against poverty relies on putting micro-credit schemes in developing economies. As banking sectors exclude a high proportion of the population and furthermore are not always characterized by the best practices, microfinance institutions nevertheless play an important role. Based on a review of theoretical and empirical literature, we measure the financial performances of these structures, then assess their impact on the financing of micro-enterprises and on poverty reduction UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2002-3-page-21?lang=en ER -