Can technical assistance sow the seeds for rural finance? (English)

Government interventions to lower interest rates and expand credit to the rural sector are common in developing countries. Some of these policies, like interest rate subsidies, though well-intentioned, can be distortionary and achieve opposite results. Interventions that tackle constraints that prevent the market from allocating credit on its own may achieve better results. One such constraint often present in rural areas is lack of technical capacity...
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Bruhn,Miriam; Reddy,Rekha; Ruiz Ortega,Claudia.

Can technical assistance sow the seeds for rural finance? (English). Finance & PSD impact evaluation note|no. 50 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/439421530030039244

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