TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pagura,Maria E.
TI  - Expanding the frontier in rural finance: financial linkages and strategic alliances 
SN  - 1853396664
AV  - HG178.3 .E97 2008
U1  - 332.091734 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
PB  - Practical Action Pub.
KW  - Microfinance
KW  - Rural development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction: Linkages between formal and informal financial institutions --; 2; Strategic alliances for scale and scope economies: lessons from FADES in Bolivia; Claudio Gonzalez-Vega and Rodolfo Quiros --; 3; Institutional transformation to create linkages that enhance rural access to financial services: the case of the Fundacion Integral Campesina in Costa Rica; Rodolfo Quiros and Claudio Gonzalez-Vega --; 4; Opportunities for the creation of linkages and alliances to expand the supply of rural financial services: the Jose Maria Covelo Foundation and its partners in Honduras; Mayra Falck, Rodolfo Quiros and Claudio Gonzalez-Vega --; 5; ICICI Bank partnership linkages in India; Malcolm Harper and Marie Kirsten --; 6; A case study of AVIVA Life Insurance and its linkage with microfinance institutions; Nilotpal Pathak --; 7; Indonesia: A Regional Development Bank linked with village-based non-bank financial institutions; Iketut Budastra --; 8; The rich variety of microfinance linkages in Indonesia; John D. Conroy and Iketut Budastra --; 9; Self-reliance vs. donor dependence: linkages between banks and microfinance institutions in Mali; Hans Dieter Seibel --; 10; Partnership to expand sources of funds for rural microfinance in Peru: the case of Confianza; Janina Leon --; 11; Financial linkages in the Philippines: constraints and success factors; Benjamin R. Quinones, Jr. --; 12; Extending the outreach of Rwandan People's Banks to the rural poor through village savings and credit associations; Chet Aeschliman, Fiacre Murekezi and Jean-Paul Ndoshoboye --; 13; Linking with savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) to expand financial access in rural areas: a case study of CRDB Bank in Tanzania; Gerda Piprek --; 14; Conclusions
N2  - "Expanding the Frontier in Rural Finance presents 12 examples from around the world of banks and informal institutions forging linkages to reach rural customers. Can the financial resources and the rigour of banking systems be combined productively with the local knowledge and low costs of microfinance institutions, credit unions and self-help groups? Have the terms and conditions of linkage banking services improved? Can customers gain access to a wider range of services, such as insurance and money transfer? Are more customers reached? This book shows that linkages can expand outreach, but making this work in practice is not straightforward. Essential reading for bankers and microfinance professionals, policy makers and donors working to improve rural finance."--BOOK JACKET
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