Interview with Marguerite Robinson on the role of savings in microfinance.
Dr. Robinson has worked extensively in Asia, in rural and tribal areas
and among the urban poor. She served for many years as adviser to the
Indonesian Ministry of Finance and to Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) on
the development of BRI's microbanking system-now the largest
financially self-sufficient microfinance system in the world. She also
works in other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, advising
governments, banks, donors, and others, and is the author of many
papers and books on development and microfinance. Her most recent books
are the first two volumes of a multi-volume book, The Microfinance Revolution,
published by the World Bank and Open Society Institute; two additional
volumes are in progress. These volumes explore and analyze the demand
for microfinance and the history, theories, controversies, practices,
and future of the emerging commercial microfinance industry in
countries and institutions around the world.
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