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Syllabus DEV572

This document provides information about the Microcredit and Small Enterprise Development course. The course will introduce students to the achievements and challenges of microfinance as a development tool. It will examine successful microfinance practitioners and institutions around the world. Grades will be based on a student presentation, midterm exam, and final exam. The course will cover fundamental concepts, clients and services, microcredit methodologies, effects of the local environment, reading financial statements, and key factors like interest rates, financial viability, and donor relations.

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Syllabus DEV572

This document provides information about the Microcredit and Small Enterprise Development course. The course will introduce students to the achievements and challenges of microfinance as a development tool. It will examine successful microfinance practitioners and institutions around the world. Grades will be based on a student presentation, midterm exam, and final exam. The course will cover fundamental concepts, clients and services, microcredit methodologies, effects of the local environment, reading financial statements, and key factors like interest rates, financial viability, and donor relations.

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Microcredit and Small Enterprise

Development :
DEV 572, Fall 2007
Department of Economics, North South University

Meeting Time:
Section 1 6:00 - 7:30 Sunday and Tuesday in GMQ 503
Faculty: Rushad Faridi (RFd)
TA: TBA

Office Hours: ST 3:30-4:15 PM, 7:30 – 8:30 PM, MW 9:35-12:55 PM


(SPZ 1204)Phone: PABX 9885611-20 Ext. 136 (Office)
E-mail: [email protected]

Course Objective:

The basic objective of this course is to introduce students to the achievements and
challenges of microfinance as a development tool. Major features of this course would
include providing idea about successful microfinance practitioners and institutions
around the world, understanding how microfinance is different from traditional banking
and the key features of microfinance that made these institutions successful, discussing
challenges like low level of participation of hard-core poor etc. While focusing on these
issues, empirical evidence from current literature would be provided along with
theoretical discussion. Throughout the course, we will draw upon the experience of the
ever-expanding microfinance sector in Bangladesh along with comparative experience
from other countries.

Course Requirement

There will be one student presentation and a midterm and a final


exam. Grades will be based on the following: student presentation
20%, mid-term and final exam each 40%.

Readings

Detailed reading lists will be issued at the beginning of each lecture.

Short Course Outline

• Fundamental Concepts
• Clients and Services
• Microcredit Methodologies
• Effects of the Local Environment
• Reading Financial Statements
• Measuring Delinquency
• Key Financial Factors
• Interest Rate Practices
• Measuring Financial Viability
• Gauging Institutional Viability
• Donor / MFI Relations

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