Rural Credit and Self-Help Groups

Micro-finance Needs and Concepts in India
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9345-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 542 g

The various factors which have been instrumental in weakening rural credit agencies are examined in this book. The disappointing performance of the rural credit system has led to the emergence of alternative and innovative efforts known as self-help groups, and examples of these initiatives are examined in this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karmakar, K G

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: RURAL CREDIT: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Introduction
The Role of Credit in Rural Development
Evolution and Growth of the Rural Credit Delivery System
Credit Recycling and the Problem of Overdues
Agricultural Credit Review Committee, 1989
Narasimhaqm Committee, 1991 and Gupta Committee, 1998
Rural Credit Agencies Analysed
Rural Credit at the Cross-Roads
PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF MICRO-FINANCE NEEDS
Credit Requirements of Tribal People
Credit for the Rural Non-Farm Sector
Credit for Rural Women
Credit for Micro-Enterprise Development
PART THREE: ROLE OF SELF-HELP GROUPS
Self-Help Concepts
Self Help Groups
An Assessment
The BAAC System in Thailand
The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
Self-Help Groups and Bank Linkages
Basic Policy Issues Concerning Self-Help Groups
PART FIVE: STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL CREDIT DELIVERY
Revival of the Rural Credit Delivery System in India
Designing Appropriate Systems for Micro-Enterprises

Über Autor(innen)

Karmakar, K G
K G Karmakar, PhD, was Managing Director of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). With over 30 years of professional experience as an executive in various banking and financial institutions such as State Bank of India, Reserve Bank of India and NABARD, Dr Karmakar has specialised in agriculture/rural credit, corporate planning, micro-credit, project management and rural infrastructure development. He has many publications to his credit such as: Agricultural Project Management for Bankers; Rural Credit and Self-Help Groups and Microfinance in India. He has published more than 60 articles related to rural credit and rural development, some of which has been presented in national and international seminars.