Von Pischke, J.D.  <br/><br/>
Finance at the  frontier : debt capacity and the role of credit in the private economy. / 
J.D. Von Pischke, 
 - Washington:  World Bank,  1991. 
 - xi, 429 p.:  ill.;  25cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Finance and financial markets: Financial markets create value -- Value generates risk -- Characteristics of finance -- The Conventional assult on the frontier: Credit needs and related allocation criteria -- Common strategic flaws in efforts to channel credit to the frontier -- Policy and practice that reduce value at the frontier -- Signs of poor fits at the frontier -- Structural, considerations in frontier development : Value for the people : informal finance -- Creating value at the frontier through innovation -- Creation value at the frontier in market niches : the grand synthesis -- A Sustaintable strategy for frontier development : Lending strategies and development leverage -- Defining the role of credit by determining debt capacity -- Principles for responsive intervention at the frontier -- Measuring the results of efforts to expand the frontier -- Annexes: A: The Repayment index -- B: Algebraic treatment of the repayment index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0821318187 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance . -- Developing countries. <br/>Economic development. <br/>Credit -- Developing countries. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG195.V66