Making Microfinance Work : Managing for improved performance By Craig Churchill, Cheryl Frankiewicz, ILO

Making Microfinance Work : Managing for improved performance
By Craig Churchill, Cheryl Frankiewicz, ILO
ISBN No.: 9788189640576
Pages: 420p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 995.00

About the Book
Microfinance has long been recognized as having significant potential to create jobs and reduce poverty. But to meet the twin challenges of growth and sustainability, managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) must not only understand essential management functions: they must also be armed with innovative ideas and strategies to succeed in today's increasingly competitive environment. This training manual provides a valuable overview of the key management principles necessary to optimize the services of MFIs and brings together useful lessons from numerous MFIs worldwide to help managers strengthen the performance of their unit, branch or institution.

Either used alone, or as part of a management training course, Making Microfinance Work: Managing for improved performance offers an arsenal of tools and advice. The book examines the markets and marketing of MFIs and captures the different ways in which managers can communicate the value of their products and services. It introduces effective methods for enhancing efficiency and productivity which minimize the trade-offs MFIs invariably face as they try to provide services over the long term.

The topic of managing risks is also covered. This manual offers strategies to prevent risk from occurring and, if it does occur, explains how to rectify the situation. Practical techniques for allocating costs and determining prices are also highlighted, as well as the importance of plans, budgets and reports.

In a clear, easy to follow presentation, the book includes illustrations and case studies to assist managers in applying the concepts outlined in the text. An extensive list of additional reading and useful Internet resources is also provided.

Working for Better Times : Rethinking Work for the 21st Century By Servais, Jean-Michel Bolle, Patrick, ILO

Working for Better Times : Rethinking Work for the 21st Century
By Servais, Jean-Michel Bolle, Patrick, ILO
ISBN No.: 9788189640545
Pages: 721p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 1595.00

About the Book
To most people, work is the mainstay of livelihood, social integration and identity. But the 20th century meaning of work can no longer be taken for granted. Nor, therefore, can the ways in which work shapes those inter-related spheres of human existence. As patterns of work continue to shift in response to the demands of production and trade in the global economy, major challenges have indeed arisen - not only in the lives of individual workers, but also for employers exposed to global competition, and for the makers of national and international policy and law. At the heart of the debate lies the challenge of reframing the concepts and rules whereby people's socio-economic security and the human dimensions of work can be reconciled with the global market's growing need for competitive labour flexibility.