Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India

This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited (NUBL) in Nepal and the Self-Help Group (SHG)-Bank linkage program of the National Agricultural Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in India. Both NUBL and NABARD gro...

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Autor principal: Sharma, Manohar
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157318
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description This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited (NUBL) in Nepal and the Self-Help Group (SHG)-Bank linkage program of the National Agricultural Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in India. Both NUBL and NABARD groups use self-regulation (peer selection, peer monitoring, and peer enforcement of contracts) as key to gaining access to services not otherwise available to them.... The NABARD experience is government-led. NUBL, on the other hand, was established as an alternative to government action. In both cases, government policy in the form of mandatory "priority sector" credit played --and continues to play --a critical role in facilitating expansion. The subsidy content (explicit and implicit) of both NUBL and the NABARD program is quite high, and continued expansion of both programs is highly conditional on whether the policy regime of directed credit continues. Any change in this policy will deal a severe blow to both of these institutions.
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spelling CGSpace1573182025-01-10T06:42:43Z Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India Sharma, Manohar community development scaling up civil society policies This case study examines the scaling-up experiences of two microfinance institutions: the Nirdhan Utthan Bank Limited (NUBL) in Nepal and the Self-Help Group (SHG)-Bank linkage program of the National Agricultural Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in India. Both NUBL and NABARD groups use self-regulation (peer selection, peer monitoring, and peer enforcement of contracts) as key to gaining access to services not otherwise available to them.... The NABARD experience is government-led. NUBL, on the other hand, was established as an alternative to government action. In both cases, government policy in the form of mandatory "priority sector" credit played --and continues to play --a critical role in facilitating expansion. The subsidy content (explicit and implicit) of both NUBL and the NABARD program is quite high, and continued expansion of both programs is highly conditional on whether the policy regime of directed credit continues. Any change in this policy will deal a severe blow to both of these institutions. 2004 2024-10-24T12:48:51Z 2024-10-24T12:48:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157318 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sharma, Manohar. 2004. Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India. FCND Discussion Paper Brief. 178. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157318
spellingShingle community development
scaling up
civil society
policies
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Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title_full Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title_fullStr Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title_full_unstemmed Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title_short Community-driven development and scaling-up of microfinance services: case studies from Nepal and India
title_sort community driven development and scaling up of microfinance services case studies from nepal and india
topic community development
scaling up
civil society
policies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157318
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