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Título de Acceso Abierto
Finance for Food
2014. 295p.
Resumen/Descripción – provisto por la editorial
No disponible.
Palabras clave – provistas por la editorial
Development Economics; Agricultural Economics; Finance, general; Economic Growth; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics; Microfinance; Rural Finance; Agricultural Finance; Rural Development; Developing Countries
Disponibilidad
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| No requiere | 2014 | Directory of Open access Books |
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| No requiere | 2014 | SpringerLink |
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Información
Tipo de recurso:
libros
ISBN impreso
978-3-642-54033-2
ISBN electrónico
978-3-642-54034-9
Editor responsable
Springer Nature
País de edición
Reino Unido
Fecha de publicación
2014
Cobertura temática
Tabla de contenidos
Tameer Bank’s Experiences with Mobile Banking
Shahid Mustafa
Although Pakistan has several dynamic metropolitan centers, the majority of the population lives in rural areas, much of it far away from urban settlements. The rural population, predominantly poor, is widely unserved by the formal financial sector. This article explores how Tameer Bank aims to serve the rural poor by employing modern communication technologies: The mobile phone is the cornerstone of Tameer Bank’s approach to outreach into the countryside.
Part IV - Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas | Pp. 253-262
Poverty-Sensitive Scorecards to Prioritize Lending and Grant Allocation with an Application in Central America
Manuel A. Hernandez; Máximo Torero
The importance of credit access in improving economic opportunities in developing markets is well established and generally recognized by policymakers. The optimal use of loan funds, however, could be subject to a potential tradeoff between sustainability and poverty reduction. This chapter develops a povertysensitive scorecard system for lending or grant allocation in underdeveloped markets. The methodology is innovative in that it combines both a risk and a poverty scorecard.
Part IV - Using Modern Technology for High-Quality Services in Rural Areas | Pp. 263-283