Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor
Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor examines the current level and pattern of access to finance for India's rural households, evaluates various approaches for delivering financial services to the rural poor, analyzes what l...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6857121/improving-access-finance-indias-rural-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6927 |
| Summary: | Improving Access to Finance for
India's Rural Poor examines the current level and
pattern of access to finance for India's rural
households, evaluates various approaches for delivering
financial services to the rural poor, analyzes what lies
behind the lack of adequate financial access for the rural
poor, and identifies what it would take to improve access to
finance for India's rural poor. Based on the analysis
of a large-scale rural household survey, in combination with
an evaluation of the role of financial markets and
institutions, this title also examines different forms of
financial service provision, including formal, informal and
microfinance, raises questions about approaches used so far
to address financial exclusion, and makes recommendations
for policy advisors and financial service providers on how
to scale-up access to finance for India's rural poor,
to meet their diverse financial needs (savings, credit,
insurance against unexpected events, etc.), in a
commercially sustainable manner. Its conclusions will be of
interest to anyone involved in economic policy, finance or
microfinance, poverty analysis, and poverty reduction. |
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