01332pab a2200193 454500008004000000100001800040245007800058260000900136300001400145362001100159520072100170650002000891650003500911650002700946773003400973909001001007999001701017952010401034180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aNair, Tara S.  aInstitutionalising microfinance in India: an overview of strategic issues  c2001  ap.399-404  a27 Jan  aThere 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  aPoverty - India  aFinancial institutions - India  aFinancial institutions  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a47683  c47683d47683  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 36, Issue no: 4pAR48111r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR