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Banking on the rural poor in Peninsular Malaysia : (a revised and up-dated version of the final report of projek IKHTIAR) / David S. Gibbons and Sukor Kasim.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Penang Malaysia : University Sains Malaysia ; Amanah IKHTIAR Malaysia c/o Center for Policy Research, [1991].Description: xv, 147 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9839688006
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG3729. M35.
Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—Map—Foreword—Preface—List of photos—List of tables—List of graphs—Chapter 1: reducing rural poverty—Chapter 2 : problems and mistakes—Chapter 3 : Amanah IKHTIAR rescued—Chapter 4 : the essential Grameen—Chapter 5 : Expansion and institutionalization—Chapter 6 : conclusion and recommendations—References.
Summary: Summary “Small loans can reduce extreme rural poverty. As in Bangladesh, rural women in peninsular Malaysia lifted their families out of poverty, using their own skills in their own projects. All they needed was capital in the form of small loans, delivered to their door step. Small loans on reasonable terms to very poor households for financing additional income-generating activities, can be an effective and efficient way to reduce extreme rural poverty in peninsular Malaysia, as well as in Bangladesh…”—(summary page).
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HG3729.M35.G533 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000541770
Total holds: 0

“February, 1991”.

“The government will also continue to provide allocation for the implementation of Amanah IKHTIAR throughout the country, ministry of finance, Malaysia Budget speech, 1990”—Back Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Executive summary—Map—Foreword—Preface—List of photos—List of tables—List of graphs—Chapter 1: reducing rural poverty—Chapter 2 : problems and mistakes—Chapter 3 : Amanah IKHTIAR rescued—Chapter 4 : the essential Grameen—Chapter 5 : Expansion and institutionalization—Chapter 6 : conclusion and recommendations—References.

Summary “Small loans can reduce extreme rural poverty. As in Bangladesh, rural women in peninsular Malaysia lifted their families out of poverty, using their own skills in their own projects. All they needed was capital in the form of small loans, delivered to their door step. Small loans on reasonable terms to very poor households for financing additional income-generating activities, can be an effective and efficient way to reduce extreme rural poverty in peninsular Malaysia, as well as in Bangladesh…”—(summary page).

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