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Colombia - Rural Finance : Access Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
World Bank - 2013
agency role, and the other as a lead innovator in rural microfinance. Also suggested is a substantial revision of the usury …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559163
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Access to capital in rural Thailand : An estimated model of formal versus informal credit
Gine, Xavier - 2005
"The aim of this paper is to understand the mechanism underlying access to credit. Gine focuses on two important aspects of rural credit markets in Thailand. First, moneylenders and other informal lenders coexist with formal lending institutions such as government or commercial banks, and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522697
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Financial markets, credit constraints, and investment in rural Romania
Chaves, Rodrigo (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524187
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Rural Finance in Nigeria : Integrating New Approaches
World Bank - 2012
The rural space is home to 53 percent of Nigeria's population and more than 70 percent of its poor. While it is well understood in Nigeria that financial exclusion of the rural population stunts development, still fewer than 2 percent of rural households have access to any sort of institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553075
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Turkey : Rural Finance Study, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
Over the past five years in Turkey, the agricultural and rural sector has seen substantial change in transfer policies which now place greater emphasis on improved equity and investment. These have been summarized in the earlier World Bank "Review of the Impact of the Reform of Agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557653
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Turkey : Rural Finance Study, Volume 2. Expanded Report
World Bank - 2013
Over the past five years in Turkey, the agricultural and rural sector has seen substantial change in transfer policies which now place greater emphasis on improved equity and investment. These have been summarized in the earlier World Bank "Review of the Impact of the Reform of Agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557655
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Mexico - Rural Finance : Savings Mobilization Potential and Deposit Instruments in Marginal Areas
World Bank - 2013
The specific objectives of this study are to document, and analyze the extent, and modalities of savings practiced by rural households, and enterprises, identifying the factors that limit, and help explain rural savings in financial form, on the demand, and supply sides, as well as setting forth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558619
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Scaling-up microfinance for India's rural poor
Basu, Priya - 2005
key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to … microfinance approaches to coexist. Private sector microfinanciers need to acquire greater professionalism, and the government can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522554
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Niger - Rural Financial Services : Expanding Financial Access to the Rural Poor
World Bank - 2013
The main objective of this study is to identify the major impediments to access to financial services in rural areas, and provide practical recommendations to address the identified problems. The study aims to inform on rural finance policies and innovative instruments by examining both supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557752
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Scaling-up Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor
World Bank - 2013
remarkable; specialized microfinance institutions; and, partnerships between private Banks,, micro-financiers, and service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559324