Bringing Finance to Pakistan's Poor: Access to Finance for Small Enterprises and the Underserved [With CDROM]

by Tatiana Nenova and Cecile Thioro Niang

Although access to financing in Pakistan is expanding quickly, it is two to four times lower than regional benchmarks. Half of Pakistani adults, mostly women, do not engage with the financial system at all, and only 14 percent have access to formal services. Credit for small- and medium-size enterprises is rationed by the financial system. The formal microfinance sector reaches less than 2 percent of the poor, as opposed to more than 25 percent in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821380303
• ISBN13: 9780821380307
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"