UID:
almafu_9958061848902883
Format:
xxiv, 233 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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26 cm. +
ISBN:
1-282-42219-7
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9786612422195
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0-8213-8032-X
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1 Overview, Financial Market Structure, Regulations, and Policies; Boxes; Tables; Figures; Annex to Chapter 1; Annex Tables; 2 Access to Finance: Evidence from the Demand Side; Annex to Chapter 2; 3 Access to Finance for the Underserved; 4 Improving Financial Access for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs); Annexes to Chapter 4; 5 Harnessing Remittances for Access to Finance; Annex to Chapter 5; 6 Expanding Access to the Underserved: An Action Plan; Appendix A Data Methodology and Calibration; Variable Description; Bibliography
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-8030-3
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
Volltext
(kostenfrei)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8030-7
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