Dr. P.V. Viswanath

pviswanath@pace.edu

Class Notes and Spreadsheets

Microfinance Notes:
Primary Materials Based on Armendariz and Morduch, Portfolios of the Poor and other Assigned Books

• Examples of Group Lending versus Individual Lending (see Blackboard)
• Notes on Adverse Selection (see Blackboard, Course Documents)
• Funding Microfinance
• Terms, Concepts and Questions

Powerpoint Slides

• Introduction to Microfinance
• Adverse Selection
• Moral Hazard
• ROSCAs
• Beyond Group Lending
• Beyond Microcredit
• Women and Microfinance
• Measuring Impacts
• Performance Indicators in Microfinance
• Impact Investing
  

Microfinance Notes:
Supplementary Materials

• Common Misconceptions in Finance