Microcredit and international development : contexts, achievements and challenges / edited by Farhad Hossain, Christopher Rees and Tonya Knight Millar.

1. Success factors of microcredit : what can we learn for international development? / Farhad Hossain, Christopher Rees and Tonya Knight Millar -- 2. A short history of the Grameen Bank : from subsidized microcredit to market-based microfinance / David Hulme -- 3. Microcredit as a socio-political institution in South Africa : the complexity of rules, logic and power relations / Johanna Hietalahti and Anja Nygren -- 4. Giving people choice : the role of traditional religious associations in providing credit to the rural population in Cambodia / Arnaldo Pellini and David Ayres -- 5. The global economic recession : the newest challenge to the Caribbean microfinance sector / Tonya Knight Millar and Farhad Hossain -- 6. The role of microfinance practices in motivating young rural entrepreneurs in Mexico / Fabiola Lopez, Christopher Rees and Paul Barry -- 7. Is microfinance reaching the poorest? : an investigation into programme outreach across rural Punjab in Pakistan / Asad K. Ghalib -- 8. Impact of microfinance : evidence from India / Anurag Priyadarshee, Thankom Arun and Farhad Hossain -- 9. Implementing microcredit services for Africa's rural poor : the case of the artisanal mining sector / Abigail Ackah-Baidoo and Gavin Hilson -- 10. Microcredit in the past, present and future : challenges and opportunities / Farhad Hossain, Christopher Rees and Tonya Knight Millar.