PartI: The political economy of microfinance -- PartII: The Asian pioneers of microfinance -- PartIII: Informality and microfinance in Latin America -- PartIV: Experimenting with microfinance in West America -- PartV: Microfinance in perspective

1. Banks and banking -- Developing countries
2. Credit -- Developing countries
3. Small business -- Developing countries -- Finance
4. Poor -- Developing countries
5. Economic development