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Social banking :

Jośī, Dīpāli Panta.

Social banking : Promise, performance, and potential / Deepali Pant Joshi. - New Delhi : Foundation Books, 2006. - xi, 185 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.


Synopsis:
Social Banking: Promise, Performance and Potential provides an overview of the Indian banking scenario from both a historical and a theoretical perspective. It discusses the development of Social Banking, its working and its relevance for the present and the future. The book presents the contribution of banking institutions in promoting savings and investments and extending the reach of banking services. The author argues the case for large-scale Social Banking and microfinance for the alleviation of poverty. She also provides an extensive analysis of the remarkable traits that have made Social Banking a success in India and enabled the Indian banking system to reach millions of low-income savers and borrowers. It clearly demonstrates the tremendous potential embedded in well-designed institutional interventions.

With reference to India.

817596281X

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office Rs425.00

2006413594


Banks and banking--India.
Agricultural credit--India.
Social responsibility in banking.
Rural credit--India.

HG3284 / .J67 2006

334.10954 JOS