LEADER 03272oam 22007095 450 001 9910824040003321 005 20240506082811.0 010 $a1-282-50213-1 010 $a9786612502132 010 $a0-8213-8176-8 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8175-5 035 $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(Au-PeEL)EBL515761 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364983 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250213 035 $a(The World Bank)ocn459209269 035 $a(US-djbf)15957032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515761 035 $a(EXLCZ)992540000000000657 100 $a20091022d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aLinking up and reaching out in Bangladesh : $einformation and communications technology for microfinance /$fHenry K. Bagazonzya ... [and others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2010. 215 $axii, 132 pages $cillustrations ;$d23 cm 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 $aMicrofinance in Bangladesh has reached maturity, numerous players and the largest number of clients in the whole world at relatively low cost and efficiency. Despite these successes, the operations of most credit institutions are still being manually done, client overlap is rampant, and there are many would-be borrowers that are currently not having access to finance. The introduction of a centralized ICT platform is intended to demonstrate, given the current international and local experiences, that the cost of providing financial services can be lowered further, institutions? back-end operat 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aMicrofinance$zBangladesh 606 $aMicrofinance$xInformation technology$zBangladesh 615 0$aMicrofinance 615 0$aMicrofinance$xInformation technology 676 $a332 700 $aBagazonzya$b Henry K.$f1953-$01660773 701 $aSafdar$b Zaid$f1972-$01660774 701 $aAbdullah$b A. K. M.$f1970-$01660775 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824040003321 996 $aLinking up and reaching out in Bangladesh$94016234 997 $aUNINA