Rural finance in contemporary times: interface with microfinance
Abstract
In India, when we talk about rural finance, the stereotype offered is that of a banking system that
fails to reach out to the poorer clients and, when it does, fails to recover the money so disbursed.
The counter-point offered is usually the magic wand of microfinance. This Colloquium was an
interface between leading bankers and microfinance practitioners in India to examine where these
two worlds meet and how they could learn from each other. The discussions were organized around
three themes: a) the legacy of the banking system, b) the limitations of microfinance, and c) an
assessment of the potential.
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