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100			_aNair, Tara S.
245			_aInstitutionalising microfinance in India: an overview of strategic issues
260			_c2001
300			_ap.399-404
362			_a27 Jan
520			_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
650			_aPoverty - India
650			_aFinancial institutions - India
650			_aFinancial institutions
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a47683
999			_c47683 _d47683