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Three  Success  Stories

An analysis of the management practices and modes of operation underlying the success of three rural financial institutions is presented here -


Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives The Village Banks (Unit Desas, BRI-UD) Grameen Bank

All three institutions are widely perceived as successful judged by the primary performance criteria of outreach and self-sufficiency, and all have excellent information available about their activities. However, while prominent examples, these are not the only successful RFIs. Several other promising rural financial programmes have emerged during recent years.

Summary of main features:


Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives The Village Banks (Unit Desas, BRI-UD) Grameen Bank

Abstracted from:
Yaron, Jacob, Benjamin McDonald and Piprek Greda, Rural Finance: Issues, Design and Best Proactices.. DRAFT, Second Revised Edition. Agriculture and Natural Resources Department, The World Bank, February 1997.

Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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