Alakudi is a remote farming village near the southernmost tip of India in Tamil Nadu State. It would take 30 minutes or more by foot to reach the nearest dilapidated bank branch, though most Alakudi residents have never bothered to make the trip. Within a short bicycle ride or walk along dirt lanes, all 2,000 households in Alakudi can reach a Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services (KGFS) branch. Each branch is painted in KGFS green and orange with an...
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2012/05/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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2014/07/31
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The pursuit of complete financial inclusion : the KGFS model in India
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Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
Citation
Ananth, Bindu ; Chen, Gregory ; Rasmussen, Steph.
The pursuit of complete financial inclusion : the KGFS model in India (English). CGAP Access to Finance Forum ; no. 4 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/531761468162268731