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Improving Access to Finance for India's Rural Poor

Priya Basu
Annotation This book examines the current level and pattern of access to finance for India's rural households, evaluates various approaches for delivering financial services, analyzes what lies behind the lack of adequate financial access, and identifies what it would take to improve access to finance
eBook, English, ©2006
World Bank, Washington, DC, ©2006
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1 online resource (xxvii, 119 pages) : illustrations
9780821361467, 9780821361474, 9781280462795, 9786610462797, 0821361465, 0821361473, 1280462795, 6610462798
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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
English