While much of the literature on rural micro-finance in India has focused on its role in agriculture, Jena (commerce, Aeronautics College of Berhampur U., India) here shifts attention to
micro-finance for micro-enterprise and its role in poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Seven chapters discuss micro-finance and micro-enterprise in developing countries,
micro-enterprises in the rural Indian context, dimensions of poverty in India, conditions for sustainable livelihoods, micro-finance and self-help groups; institutional support for
micro-entrepreneurs, and the role of non-governmental organizations. Distributed in North America by ISBS. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
