| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Directions in development. Finance |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Finance.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Key patterns in the use of financial services -- Key findings of the field research -- Introduction -- Financial service providers -- Financial literacy, financial inclusion, and consumer protection -- Formal and informal savings strategies -- Formal and informal lending -- Remittances, insurance, and technology -- Appendix A: focus group survey findings and good practices informing Bhutan's draft financial inclusion policy -- Appendix B: selected examples of financial inclusion strategies -- Appendix C: financial inclusion questionnaire in Bhutan living standard survey 2012 -- Appendix D: technical note on focus group survey in Bhutan -- Appendix E: field guide for focus group survey in Bhutan -- Appendix F: two successful community-driven savings initiatives -- Appendix G: summary of terms and conditions for formal and informal lending in Bhutan |
| Summary |
Connecting the disconnected presents the findings of the field research designed to evaluate financial practices and strategies among urban and rural Bhutanese households. The study was commissioned in 2012 by the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and the World Bank to provide qualitative evidence to the country's Financial Inclusion Policy. The book explores where, how, and why diff erent demographic groups save, borrow, send remittances, and insure themselves; it also evaluates the potential for innovations to extend financial inclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Financial services industry -- Bhutan
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Finance, Personal -- Bhutan
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Financial literacy -- Bhutan
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Rural development -- Bhutan
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Informal sector (Economics) -- Bhutan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
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Finance, Personal.
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Financial literacy.
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Financial services industry.
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Informal sector (Economics)
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Rural development.
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Bhutan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina.
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Diaz, Katherine S
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| ISBN |
9780821398715 |
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0821398717 |
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