effectiveness of sectoral interventions, and how the interventions in the agricultural sector and microfinance can be used to … interventions and institutional and other challenges to enhancing the impact. Chapter four provides a similar review of the role of …

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a critical role in Myanmar, providing both rural and urban populations with the … overview of the recent history of the microfinance sector in Myanmar, tracing its rapid growth over the decade to 2020 and …

financial landscape and the emergence of microfinance; limitations and challenges; institutional structures and delivery systems …In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … a new dimension for microfinance worldwide as microfinance institutions grew to include millions of clients. The start …

This report shows that after a decade of moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural poverty in Pakistan … approximate those of the 1990s; and social welfare indicators in Pakistan remain significantly below those of other countries in … and poverty reduction. Nonetheless, Pakistan has made important strides in the last several years to promote rural growth …

The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an … promote sustainable growth. The focus of this report is Pakistan's main safety net program: the Benazir Income Support Program … protection includes labor policy, contributory social insurance, and social care services as well as safety nets. Pakistan …

This report is part of an ongoing project to understand poverty, growth, and human development in Pakistan. It argues … understand Pakistan's inability to take sufficient advantage of the growth that it has enjoyed in the past, to attract investment … mitigating poverty and broadening access to social services in Pakistan. Neither debt reform nor the mere availability of donor …