Strategic Alliances to Scale up Financial Services in Rural Areas
| Author/creator | Gallardo, Joselito, 1938- Author |
| Other author | Goldberg, Michael Author |
| Other author | Randhawa, Bikki K. 1959- Author |
| Other author | World Bank Staff. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington : World Bank Publications |
| Description | 58 p. ill |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | World Bank Working Paper Ser. No. 76 |
| Summary | Annotation Business firms have employed strategic alliances with other firms to effectively manage costs, overcome resource and technology constraints, and enhance competitive position. The principle and practice of strategic alliances can be applied as well for productive and beneficial institutional collaborations in rural financial markets to expand the array of financial products and to scale up access of rural households and micro-businesses to financial services.Strategic alliances comprise a new theme in rural finance. The institutions in the study used strategic alliances to tap new capital resources, manage transaction costs, access banking technology and infrastructure and acquire new skills to provide an expanding array of financial services to wider markets. The authors carefully examine the experiences of selected rural finance institutions and their strategic allies or development partners in Guatemala, the Philippines, Ghana and India to draw out the main findings and share the lessons that may be gainfully applied in other country settings. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006045006 |
| ISBN | 9780821366035 |
| ISBN | 0821366033 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Stock number | 9780821366035 00028989 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |