Access to Financial Services in Nepal

Over the past 20 years Nepal's financial sector has become deeper and the number and type of financial intermediaries have grown rapidly. Recent reforms have also made the banking sector more stable. Still, access to financial services remains limited for many people in Nepal, and has even been declining in recent years. This book examines the country's supply of and demand for financial services and the constraints to increasing access to them. It offers recommendations on how to make the financial sector work for all of Nepal's people, and especially for low-income households and small businesses. It presents the results of an access to financial services survey administered to Nepali households in 2005 and explains what hinders access by low income households and small businesses to financial institutions. The obstacles are identified on the basis of an in-depth analysis of the performance of the microfinance sector and of selected banks.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ferrari, Aurora
Other Authors:	Jaffrin, Guillemette
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2007
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, APEX, APEX INSTITUTIONS, AUDITING, AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES, BANK BRANCHES, BANK CAPITAL, BANK LENDING, BANKING SECTOR, BANKS, BORROWING, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIOS, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMPANY, CONNECTED LENDING, COOP, COOPERATIVES, CORPORATIONS, DEPOSITS, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT, EXCESS LIQUIDITY, EXPANSION, FINANCE COMPANIES, FINANCIAL ASSETS, FINANCIAL DATA, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FIRMS, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUALS, INTEREST RATES, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LENDERS, LICENSING, LIMITED, LITERACY, LOAN PORTFOLIOS, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MANDATES, MARKET ENTRY, MICROFINANCE, MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY, MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS, MICROFINANCE SECTOR, NEW ENTRANTS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONPERFORMING LOANS, OUTREACH, PARTNERSHIP, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, PRIVATE BANKS, PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS, PRIVATIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, RECAPITALIZATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RETIREMENT, RURAL MICROFINANCE, SAVINGS, SAVINGS BANKS, SECURITIES, SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL LOANS, SOCIETY, SUBSIDIARY, SUSTAINABILITY, SYSTEMIC RISK, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERM LOANS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPARENCY, UNION, WORKING CAPITAL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7706817/access-financial-services-nepal https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6687
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