03059nam 2200613 a 450 991045820040332120200520144314.01-282-42219-797866124221950-8213-8032-X(CKB)2560000000008035(EBL)476195(OCoLC)649901556(SSID)ssj0000085656(PQKBManifestationID)12025557(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085656(PQKBWorkID)10014205(PQKB)10060057(MiAaPQ)EBC476195(Au-PeEL)EBL476195(CaPaEBR)ebr10356795(CaONFJC)MIL242219(EXLCZ)99256000000000803520090528d2009 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBringing finance to Pakistan's poor[electronic resource] access to finance for small enterprises and the underserved /Tatiana Nenova, Cecile Thioro Niang ; with Anjum AhmadWashington, D.C. World Bankc20091 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-8030-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; BibliographyIndexThis 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 enouMicrofinancePakistanSmall businessPakistanFinanceElectronic books.MicrofinanceSmall businessFinance.332.7095491Nenova Tatiana928978Niang Cecile Thioro931484Ahmad Anjum931485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458200403321Bringing finance to Pakistan's poor2095396UNINA