This study of Kenya RuraI Enterprise Program (KREP)provides many insights into the process of developing and refining the microfinance operations of a development organization from a non-governmental organization...
This case study is a summary of a thorough evaluation of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) by the Operations and Evaluations Department of the World Bank in 1995. Although this evaluation was...
Promoting efficient rural financial intermediation, by Jacob Yaron, McDonald Benjamin, and Stephanie Charitonenko. The role of long-term finance : theory and evidence, by Gerard Caprio, Jr. and Asli Demirguc-Kunt...
Although governments have traditionally used subsidized credit programs to promote agricultural growth, this approach has generally failed to improve incomes and alleviate poverty in rural areas. It has...
In 1984, the government of Indonesia began what has become one of the most successful experiments in economic development. The challenge was to transform 3,600 state-owned, rural branches acting as disbursement...