1st Edition

Development Finance As Institution Building A New Approach To Poverty-oriented Banking

By Jan Pieter Krahnen Copyright 1994
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

In this comparative study of programmes against poverty in developing countries, the authors argue that building sustainable, target group-oriented financial institutions is important and feasible, and that it is likely to have greater development impact than the channelling of external funds to poor target groups (small and micro-scale business, small farmers, and women). The analysis has... Read more
Finance and development; on the dualistic structure of the financial system; institutional analysis; institution building; summary and outlook.

Biography

Jan Pieter Krahnen (Author) ,  Reinhard H. Schmidt (Author)