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Publications of the BWTP Network

Books

• The Role of Commercial Banks in Microfinance: Asia Pacific Region, by Ruth Goodwin-Groen, 1998

• Getting the Framework Right: Policy and Regulation for Microfinance in Asia, by Paul B McGuire, John D Conroy and Ganesh B Thapa, 1998.

• The Role of Central Banks in Microfinance in Asia and the Pacific: Overview, by John D Conroy and Paul B McGuire. Volume 1 of a two-volume study prepared for the Asian Development Bank by The Foundation for Development Cooperation. Available from the Asian Development Bank. Forward, Introduction, Notes on Authors, Executive Summary.

• The Role of Central Banks in Microfinance in Asia and the Pacific: Country Studies, eds John Conroy and Robyn Cornford. Volume 2 of a two-volume study prepared for the Asian Development Bank by The Foundation for Development Cooperation. Available from the Asian Development Bank. Forward, Introduction, Notes on Authors

• Best Practice of Banking with the Poor, by J D Conroy, K W Taylor and G B Thapa, 1995.

• Banking with the Poor, by G B Thapa, Jennifer Chalmers, K W Taylor and John D Conroy, 1992.

Monographs

• The Performance and Sustainability of Two Philippine Microfinance Institutions, by Ronald T Chua, 1998.
  
  
• KMBI: Case Study of a Philippine Microfinance Institution, by Marcia Feria Miranda, 1998.
  
  
• ASKI: Case Study of a Philippine Microfinance Institution, by Marie Apostol and Flerida Chan, 1998.
  
  
• Impact of Access to Credit on the Poor: Research Design and Baseline Survey for a Longitudinal Study, by Ronald T Chua, 1998.
  
  
• Microfinance in the Pacific Island Countries, by Paul B McGuire, 1997.
  
  
• Banking with the Poor in the South Pacific, by the Foundation for Development Cooperation, 1996.
  
  
• Transaction Costs of Lending to the Poor: A Case Study of Philippine NGOs, by Gilberto M Llanto and Ronald T Chua, 1996.
  
  
• Transaction Costs of Lending to the Rural Poor (India), by V Puhazendhi, 1995.

Articles and Booklets

• Microfinance in Malaysia: time to rebuild, by John D. Conroy, 2002. A brief analysis of the recent difficulties of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia and efforts to rebuild.
  
• Key Issues for Profitable Commercial Bank Engagement in Microfinance, by Ruth Goodwin-Groen, 1998
  
  
• Resource Mobilisation for Microfinance in Fiji, Foundation for Development Cooperation, October 1998.
  
  
• Effects on Microfinance of the 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis, by Paul B McGuire and John D Conroy, November 1998.
  
  
• Second Tier Microfinance Institutions in Asia, by Paul B McGuire, 1998.
  
  
• Policy and Regulation for Sustainable Microfinance: Country Experiences in Asia, by Paul B McGuire, 1998
  
  
• Bank-NGO Linkages and the Transaction Costs of Lending to the Poor through Groups: Evidence from India and the Philippines, by Paul B McGuire and John D Conroy, 1996.
  
  
• Accounting and Reporting Standards for Microfinance Institutions, by Paul B McGuire, 1996.
  
  
• How to Build Self Help Groups for Successful Banking with the Poor, by the Foundation for Development Cooperation, 1995. This booklet is available for both urban and rural models
  
  
• Access to Credit: Creating Income and Jobs for the World’s Poor, by the Foundation for Development Cooperation, 1993. (An introduction to the ideas of Banking with the Poor.)