Search Results - subject:"ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES"

PURSUING EFFICIENCY WHILE MAINTAINING OUTREACH: BANK PRIVATIZATION IN TANZANIA

Cull, Robert; P. Spreng, Connor - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of … assumed most of the branch network and the mandate to foster access to financial services. The new National Bank of Commerce … of a large state-owned bank might come at the expense of reduced access to financial services for some groups …

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Access to Finance and Markets as a Strategy to Address Poverty

Mor, Nachiket; Ananth, Bindu - In: Development Outreach 10 (2008) 2, pp. 44-46

Emphasizes the value of access to financial services for the very poor through partnerships between banks and local …

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Pilot Innovations Could Reignite Anemic Rural Finance

Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate; Agwe, Jonathan - In: Development Outreach 10 (2008) 3, pp. 27-30

Rural finance and credit services to smallholder farmers are high-risk activities. But there is hope for a boost because rural finance has a pivotal role to play amid rising food prices and the need to increase agricultural production.

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Access to Financial Services : A Review of the Issues and Public Policy Objectives

Claessens, Stijn - In: World Bank Research Observer 21 (2006) 2, pp. 207-240

. Universal access to financial services has not been a public policy objective in most countries and would likely be difficult to … achieve. Countries can, however, facilitate access to financial services by strengthening institutional infrastructure …

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Social intermediation and financial services access in Uganda's microfinance industry

Kamukama, Nixon; Natamba, Bazinzi - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 4 (2013) 3, pp. 358-371

access to financial services in the microfinance industry. Research limitations/implications – Only a single research … and its effects on access to financial services across time. Practical implications – In order to boost the wealth of the … social intermediation on access to financial services in Uganda's microfinance industry. …

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Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Gap?

Aterido, Reyes; Beck, Thorsten; Iacovone, Leonardo - In: World Development 47 (2013) C, pp. 102-120

We show the existence of an unconditional gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, when key observable characteristics of the enterprises or individuals are taken into account the gender gap disappears. In the case of enterprises, we explain our finding with differences in key characteristics...

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Access to financial services: a review of the issues and public policy objectives

Claessens, Stijn - In: Journal of Financial Transformation 17 (2006), pp. 16-19

questions thus arise concerning what determines access to financial services, what barriers may hinder access, whether more …

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