Whose sustainability counts? : BASIX's long march from microfinance to livelihoods / Malcolm Harper, Lalitha Iyer, and Jane Rosser.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.

The origins of BASIX -- The evolving context, from 1995 to 2010, the 'crisis' year -- Financial supporters, subsidies and the bottom line -- The livelihood triad -- Sustainable livelihoods : for clients and for BASIX -- Institutional architecture and BASIX's governance -- Insurance -- ICT innovations in and from BASIX -- BASIX's offspring -- KBSLAB : India's only microfinance bank -- Finding people to perform -- Leadership with head, hands and heart -- Building the sector : policy, advocacy, and networking -- Doing well versus doing good -- How BASIX ticks, and what makes it tick? -- What can we learn from BASIX : what does the future hold?

Is microfinance failing to meet its promise? Several recent events have undermined confidence in microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). They range from the collapse of the microfinance industry in Andhra Pradesh, to the Bangladesh government's dismissal of Grameen Bank President Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize-winner and venerated father of microcredit, to the increasing publicity about micro-loan debt bondage and debt-induced suicides of MFI clients in the subcontinent. What do these crises signify for the future of microfinance? Are the basic principles of finance for the poor salvage.

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