Bringing finance to Pakistan's poor: access to finance for small enterprises and the underserved

By: Nenova, TatianaContributor(s): The World BankMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: World Bank e-LibraryPublication details: Washington; The World Bank, 2009. Description: 233 p.; 25 cmISBN: 978-0-8213-8030-7 (hbk.)Subject(s): BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Finance | Small business Finance | Microfinance PakistanDDC classification: TRRC 332.7095491 NEN

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Summary: This book reflects the first comprehensive survey and dataset of access to financial products by the Pakistani population. In Pakistan, access to financing is at low levels, though expanding quickly. Half of Pakistani adults, mostly women, do not engage in the financial system at all. The formal microfinance sector reaches less than 2 percent of the poor, as opposed to over a quarter in neighboring countries. Yet micro and small business, together with remittances, play a central role in family economic inclusion and escaping the poverty trap. Policy measures have been timely, but are not enou

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Teaching & Research Resource Centre - 4 - Media Studies and Art & Design, Pakistan & South Asian Studies	TRRC 332.7095491 NEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M-46624

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This book reflects the first comprehensive survey and dataset of access to financial products by the Pakistani population. In Pakistan, access to financing is at low levels, though expanding quickly. Half of Pakistani adults, mostly women, do not engage in the financial system at all. The formal microfinance sector reaches less than 2 percent of the poor, as opposed to over a quarter in neighboring countries. Yet micro and small business, together with remittances, play a central role in family economic inclusion and escaping the poverty trap. Policy measures have been timely, but are not enou

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