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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458200403321

Autore

Nenova Tatiana

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42219-7

9786612422195

0-8213-8032-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NiangCecile Thioro

AhmadAnjum

Disciplina

332.7095491

Soggetti

Microfinance - Pakistan

Small business - Pakistan - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Index

Sommario/riassunto

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



economic inclusion and escaping the poverty trap. Policy measures have been timely, but are not enou