Rural Finance Policies 1 - The demand for financial services by the rural poor

This policy brief summarizes lessons learned from IFPRI's multicountry program on rural finance and household food security with regard to the poors’ demand for financial services. The lessons are derived from detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Asia and Africa: Bangladesh, Cam...

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Autores principales: Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156417
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Sumario:This policy brief summarizes lessons learned from IFPRI's multicountry program on rural finance and household food security with regard to the poors’ demand for financial services. The lessons are derived from detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Asia and Africa: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan.