Institutionalising microfinance in India: an overview of strategic issues
By: Nair, Tara S.
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Description: p.399-404.Subject(s): Poverty - India | Financial institutions - India | Financial institutions
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: There has been an increasing tendency to use the term microfinance - seen to be the most effective intervention towards poverty alleviation, to refer solely to formalised institutions - leaving aside a large informal section, that could include individuals and informal associations as well. Current efforts to mainstream microfinance operations in the non-financial sector of the country, while acknowledging the failure of state-owned credit institutions, should also take into account, among others, the programmatic success of several intermediary developmental institutions like the small savings and credit groups that have proved not only profitable but an effective poverty alleviation measure. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 36, Issue no: 4 | Available | AR48111 |
There has been an increasing tendency to use the term microfinance - seen to be the most effective intervention towards poverty alleviation, to refer solely to formalised institutions - leaving aside a large informal section, that could include individuals and informal associations as well. Current efforts to mainstream microfinance operations in the non-financial sector of the country, while acknowledging the failure of state-owned credit institutions, should also take into account, among others, the programmatic success of several intermediary developmental institutions like the small savings and credit groups that have proved not only profitable but an effective poverty alleviation measure. - Reproduced
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