LEADER 03205oam 22007095 450 001 9910783582703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46279-5 010 $a9786610462797 010 $a0-8213-6147-3 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6146-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000225226 035 $a(EBL)459337 035 $a(OCoLC)80243931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10053675 035 $a(PQKB)11101751 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10126097 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46279 035 $a(OCoLC)744966767 035 $a(The World Bank)2006041750 035 $a(US-djbf)14274877 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000225226 100 $a20060223d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aImproving acess to finance for India's rural poor /$fPriya Basu 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cWorld Bank,$d[2006] 210 4$dcopyright 2006. 215 $axxvii, 119 pages $cillustrations ;$d23 cm 225 1 $aDirections in development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6146-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aFinance is an extraordinarily effective tool in spreading economic opportunity and fighting poverty. India has a relatively deep financial system and wide network of rural banks. But India?s financial markets and institutions have not served poor people well; despite improvements in the delivery of financial services over the past three decades, the vast majority of India?s poor households, who are concentrated in rural areas, do not have access to formal finance. Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor examines the current level and pattern of access to finance for India?s rural ho 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aFinance$zIndia 606 $aMicrofinance$zIndia 606 $aRural poor$zIndia 606 $aFinancial institutions$zIndia 615 0$aFinance 615 0$aMicrofinance 615 0$aRural poor 615 0$aFinancial institutions 676 $a332.1086/9420954 700 $aBasu$b Priya$f1966-$01494727 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783582703321 996 $aImproving acess to finance for India's rural poor$93718439 997 $aUNINA