03029nam 22006614a 450 991045020880332120200520144314.01-280-46279-597866104627970-8213-6147-3(CKB)1000000000225226(EBL)459337(OCoLC)80243931(SSID)ssj0000087479(PQKBManifestationID)11121562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087479(PQKBWorkID)10053675(PQKB)11101751(MiAaPQ)EBC459337(Au-PeEL)EBL459337(CaPaEBR)ebr10126097(CaONFJC)MIL46279(OCoLC)744966767(EXLCZ)99100000000022522620060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImproving acess to finance for India's rural poor[electronic resource] /Priya BasuWashington, DC World Bankc20061 online resource (152 p.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6146-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index.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; IndexFinance 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 hoDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)FinanceIndiaMicrofinanceIndiaRural poorIndiaFinancial institutionsIndiaElectronic books.FinanceMicrofinanceRural poorFinancial institutions332.1086/9420954Basu Priya1966-989548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450208803321Improving acess to finance for India's rural poor2263289UNINA