LEADER 03084nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910456688203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-50213-1 010 $a9786612502132 010 $a0-8213-8176-8 035 $a(CKB)2540000000000657 035 $a(EBL)515761 035 $a(OCoLC)649901784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11983577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10071106 035 $a(PQKB)11736035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515761 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364983 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250213 035 $a(EXLCZ)992540000000000657 100 $a20091022d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLinking up and reaching out in Bangladesh$b[electronic resource] $einformation and communications technology for microfinance /$fHenry K . Bagazonzya ... [et al.] 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (150 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8175-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Bangladesh Microfinance Market Overview; Figures; Tables; Chapter 3 The Proposed Centralized ICT Platform; Chapter 4 Emerging International Practices; Chapter 5 Creating an Enabling Environment: Policy and Regulations; Chapter 6 Technology Design; Chapter 7 Institutional Design; Chapter 8 Cost Projections; Chapter 9 Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix Costing Tables; Works Cited and Other Resources; Index 330 $aMicrofinance in Bangladesh has reached maturity, numerous players and the largest number of clients in the whole world at relatively low cost and efficiency. Despite these successes, the operations of most credit institutions are still being manually done, client overlap is rampant, and there are many would-be borrowers that are currently not having access to finance. The introduction of a centralized ICT platform is intended to demonstrate, given the current international and local experiences, that the cost of providing financial services can be lowered further, institutions? back-end operat 410 0$aDirections in Development 606 $aMicrofinance$zBangladesh 606 $aMicrofinance$xInformation technology$zBangladesh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMicrofinance 615 0$aMicrofinance$xInformation technology 676 $a332 700 $aBagazonzya$b Henry K.$f1953-$01051229 701 $aSafdar$b Zaid$f1972-$01051230 701 $aAbdullah$b A. K. M.$f1970-$01051231 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456688203321 996 $aLinking up and reaching out in Bangladesh$92481596 997 $aUNINA