Strategic Alliances to Scale Up Financial Services in Rural Areas (World Bank Working Papers)
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: April 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9780821366035
Subjects: Development studies; Financial services industry; Management & management techniques; Rural credit; Developing countries; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Money & Monetary Policy; Business/Economics; Ghana; Guatemala; India; Philippines; Development - Business Development; Banks & Banking; Rural development; Insurance - Risk Assessment & Management; Microfinance
First sentence: Despite more than 25 years of large financial investments and technical assistance programs, access to financial services in rural markets has not expanded at the massive scale and on the financially sustainable basis that have been expected.