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The demand for financial services by the rural poor

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  • Zeller, Manfred
  • Sharma, Manohar

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This policy brief summarizes lessons learned from IFPRI's multicountry program on rural finance and household food security with regard to the poors' demand for financial services. The lessons are derived from detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Asia and Africa: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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  • Zeller, Manfred & Sharma, Manohar, 2000. "The demand for financial services by the rural poor," MP05 briefs 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:mp05br:1
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    1. Asadul Islam & Chandana Maitra & Debayan Pakrashi & Russell Smyth, 2016. "Microcredit Programme Participation and Household Food Security in Rural Bangladesh," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(2), pages 448-470, June.
    2. Kirui, Oliver K. & Okello, Julius J. & Nyikal, Rose A. & Njiraini, Georgina W., 2013. "Impact of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture: Evidence from Kenya," Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Humboldt-Universitaat zu Berlin, vol. 52(2), pages 1-22, May.
    3. Shiferaw, Kaleb & GEBEREMEDHIN, Berhanu & LEGESSE, DEREJE, 2015. "What factors affect households’ decision to allocate credit for livestock production? Evidence from Ethiopia," MPRA Paper 69344, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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