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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 …
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World Development Report 1989 : Financial Systems and Development
World Bank - 2012
This is the twelfth in the annual series assessing major development issues. Economic growth rates among the developing countries have varied considerably. The external environment has had an adverse impact on growth, but domestic policies have been more important. Countries striving to adjust...
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The new microfinance handbook : a financial market system perspective
Nelson, Candace (contributor);  … - 2013
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Measuring microfinance access : building on existing cross-country data
Honohan, Patrick - 2005
"Given the acknowledged need for a new effort to expand the set of available data on direct access to financial services, including a focus on access by those at low income, Honohan provides a selective review of the diverse sources of data that exist and considers how best to build on them. He...
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Microfinance in South Asia : Toward Financial Inclusion for the Poor
World Bank - 2006
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 … substantial microfinance system based on Self-Help Groups (SHGs) developed. Other countries of the region made slower and later …
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Mali Financial Sector Assessment Program : The Microfinance Sector
World Bank - 2015
While the microfinance sector is extensively used in Mali (about 1 million members often based in rural areas), the … sector has experienced a major crisis for over six years. The clean-up of the microfinance remains the most pressing priority … for the Malian authorities and the adoption of the emergency plan for the microfinance sector is a key milestone to …
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Reforming State-Dominated Banking Systems in Africa : Financial Adjustment and Technical Assistance Programs
World Bank - 2012
The objective of the reforms is to improve the capacity of financial institutions to serve the needs of economic agents and the population at large. In Cote d'Ivoire, downsizing, reorganization and (as required) privatization and liquidation of key banks and insurance companies, in the early...
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African Financial Sectors and the European Debt Crisis : Will Trouble Blow across the Sahara?
World Bank - 2013
financial contagion to financial sectors in Africa are narrow or of limited potential influence. This note analysis the recent …
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Global Development Finance 2010 : External Debt of Developing Countries
World Bank - 2010
Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries (GDF)-the World Bank’s annual report on debt financing of developing countries-includes comprehensive data for 128 countries that report under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and...
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