This paper discusses rural finance aspects of the World Bank's rural development strategy, "Reaching the Rural Poor … highlighting priorities for the future. The primary objective is to articulate how the Bank views current best practices in rural … countries, Bank staff, and other donor agencies. In the process, it provides some operational guidance on the types of …

(albeit incompletely) existing good practices in bank risk measurement. However, its effective implementation in many … priority. "--World Bank web site …

key microfinance approaches in India, taking a close look at the most dominant among these, the Self Help Group (SHG) Bank … Linkage initiative. It empirically analyzes the success with which SHG Bank Linkage has been able to reach the poor, examines …: India's rural poor currently have very little access to finance from formal sources. Microfinance approaches have tried to …

agency role, and the other as a lead innovator in rural microfinance. Also suggested is a substantial revision of the usury …

and products to improve rural access to finance in India are reviewed, namely, the 'Self-help Groups (SHGs) Bank Linkage … remarkable; specialized microfinance institutions; and, partnerships between private Banks,, micro-financiers, and service …

action plan and strategy. Adopting ad hoc solutions (such as the creation of an agricultural development bank) without …

"Powell, Mylenko, Miller, and Majnoni analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank …, including in calculations of credit risk for capital and provisioning requirements, or as a check on a bank's internal ratings … the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the region to analyze the effects of bank capital regulation …