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Nenova Tatiana |
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Bringing finance to Pakistan's poor [[electronic resource] ] : access to finance for small enterprises and the underserved / / Tatiana Nenova, Cecile Thioro Niang ; with Anjum Ahmad |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42219-7 |
9786612422195 |
0-8213-8032-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NiangCecile Thioro |
AhmadAnjum |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Microfinance - Pakistan |
Small business - Pakistan - Finance |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1 Overview, Financial Market Structure, Regulations, and Policies; Boxes; Tables; Figures; Annex to Chapter 1; Annex Tables; 2 Access to Finance: Evidence from the Demand Side; Annex to Chapter 2; 3 Access to Finance for the Underserved; 4 Improving Financial Access for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs); Annexes to Chapter 4; 5 Harnessing Remittances for Access to Finance; Annex to Chapter 5; 6 Expanding Access to the Underserved: An Action Plan; Appendix A Data Methodology and Calibration; Variable Description; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book reflects the first comprehensive survey and dataset of access to financial products by the Pakistani population. In Pakistan, access to financing is at low levels, though expanding quickly. Half of Pakistani adults, mostly women, do not engage in the financial system at all. The formal microfinance sector reaches less than 2 percent of the poor, as opposed to over a quarter in neighboring countries. Yet micro and small business, together with remittances, play a central role in family |
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