TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karmakar,K.G.
TI  - Rural credit and self-help groups: micro-finance needs and concepts in India 
SN  - 0761993452 (US hb)
U1  - 332.710954 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Agricultural credit
KW  - India
KW  - Rural credit
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Self-help groups
KW  - Microfinance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Rural Credit: Problems and Prospects; Introduction; The Role of Credit in Rural Development; Evolution and Growth of the Rural Credit Delivery System; Credit Recycling and the Problem of Overdues; Agricultural Credit Review Committee (ACRC), 1989; Narasimham Committee, 1991, and Gupta Committee, 1998; Rural Credit Agencies Analysed; Rural Credit at the Cross-roads --; Analysis of Micro-finance Needs; Credit Requirements of Tribal People; Credit for the Rural Non-farm Sector; Credit for Rural Women; Credit for Micro-enterprise Development --; Role of Self-help Groups; Self-help Concepts; Self-help Groups in India - An Assessment; The BAAC System in Thailand; The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh; Self-help Groups and Bank Linkages; Basic Policy Issues on Self-help Groups --; Strategies for Sustainable Rural Credit Delivery; Revival of the Rural Credit Delivery System in India; Designing Appropriate Systems for Micro-enterprises
ER  -