LEADER 03059nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910458200403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-42219-7 010 $a9786612422195 010 $a0-8213-8032-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000008035 035 $a(EBL)476195 035 $a(OCoLC)649901556 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085656 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12025557 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085656 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10014205 035 $a(PQKB)10060057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10356795 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242219 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000008035 100 $a20090528d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBringing finance to Pakistan's poor$b[electronic resource] $eaccess to finance for small enterprises and the underserved /$fTatiana Nenova, Cecile Thioro Niang ; with Anjum Ahmad 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8030-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Bibliography 327 $aIndex 330 $aThis 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 enou 606 $aMicrofinance$zPakistan 606 $aSmall business$zPakistan$xFinance 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMicrofinance 615 0$aSmall business$xFinance. 676 $a332.7095491 700 $aNenova$b Tatiana$0928978 701 $aNiang$b Cecile Thioro$0931484 701 $aAhmad$b Anjum$0931485 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458200403321 996 $aBringing finance to Pakistan's poor$92095396 997 $aUNINA