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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824329803321

Autore

Ferrari Aurora

Titolo

Increasing access to rural finance in Bangladesh : : the forgotten "missing middle" / / [Aurora Ferrari]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008

ISBN

1-281-09984-8

9786611099848

0-8213-7334-X

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 137 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Finance

Disciplina

332.7/1095492

Soggetti

Rural credit - Bangladesh

Agricultural credit - Bangladesh

Banks and banking - Bangladesh

Financial institutions - Bangladesh

Rural industries - Bangladesh

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; Abbrevations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Tables; Boxes; Figures; Chapter 1 The Missing Middle: Supply-Side Evidence; Chapter 2 The Missing Middle: Demand-Side Evidence; Chapter 3 Constraints on Increasing Access to Finance for the Missing Middle; Chapter 4 Increasing Access to Finance for the Missing Middle; Appendix 1 Definitions Used in This Report; Appendix 2 Comparing Rural Lending in Bangladesh and India; Appendix 3 The Rural Micro, Small, and Medium-Size Enterprise Finance Survey; Appendix 4 Recapitalization Scenarios and Costs of Closing BKB and RAKUB

Appendix 5 Movable Collateral SystemAppendix 6 Case Studies of Six Microfinance Institutions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the mid-1990s, Bangladesh's banking sector has grown considerably. Despite the boom and the government's efforts to increase access in rural areas, rural financial markets have shrunk in relative terms. As a result, access to finance by micro, small, and medium-size enterprises and marginal, small, and medium-size



farmers - the ""missing middle"" - remains limited, which is significant because these groups are the engines of growth in rural Bangladesh in terms of employment, contribution to GDP, and prospects for future growth.