The impact of farm credit in Pakistan
By: Shahidur R. Khandker, Rashidur R. Faruqee.
Contributors: Faruqee, Rashidur R.; World Bank. Development Research Group. Rural Development.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2653; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2653.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Rural Development
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan.; Agricultural credit -- Pakistan -- Cost effectiveness.; Rural credit -- Pakistan -- Cost effectiveness.
Description: The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP), which provides most formal loans in Pakistan's rural areas, lends to largeholders far more than to smallholders, although the impact of credit is greater for the smallholders. Targeting credit to smallholders would make ADBP's credit scheme more cost-effective. To reach poor farmers and farmers without assets, in other words to reduce poverty, stringent collateral requirements should be relaxed and outreach should be broadened.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31).
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