Micro and rural finance in Ghana : evolving industry and approaches to regulation (English)

The note reviews the structure and performance of Ghana's rural, and micro-finance institutions (RMFIs), through a financial system, namely comprising three main categories: formal, semi-formal, and informal systems. It then analyzes the liberalization of its financial policies (late 1980s) and the supervision regime, indicating that while Ghana's approach has yielded a wide range of RMFIs, and products - potentially outreaching the poor based on...

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Andah,David Obu;

Steel,William F.;
Document Date
2004/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
30938
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ghana,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2004/12/10
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Micro and rural finance in Ghana : evolving industry and approaches to regulation
Keywords
Rural and Community Bank

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Andah,David Obu; Steel,William F..

Micro and rural finance in Ghana : evolving industry and approaches to regulation (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 234 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/673541468252579603

Micro and rural finance in Ghana : evolving industry and approaches to regulation (English)

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