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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819947003321

Autore

Basu Priya <1966->

Titolo

Improving acess to finance for India's rural poor / / Priya Basu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006]

copyright 2006

ISBN

1-280-46279-5

9786610462797

0-8213-6147-3

Descrizione fisica

xxvii, 119 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development

Disciplina

332.1086/9420954

Soggetti

Finance - India

Microfinance - India

Rural poor - India

Financial institutions - India

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 (p. 111-114) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Access to Rural Finance in India: The Evidence; Tables; 3. What Constrains Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor?; Boxes; 4. Recent Efforts in India to Improve Rural Access to Finance: The Role of Formal-Informal Linkages and New Products; 5. Meeting the Challenge of Scaling Up Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor: The Policy Agenda; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Finance is an extraordinarily effective tool in spreading economic opportunity and fighting poverty. India has a relatively deep financial system and wide network of rural banks. But India?s financial markets and institutions have not served poor people well; despite improvements in the delivery of financial services over the past three decades, the vast majority of India?s poor households, who are concentrated in rural areas, do not have access to formal finance. Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor examines the current level and pattern of access to finance for India?s rural ho