Impact of Bank Financing on Agricultural Development

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Agricultural finance and performance. 3. Impact of financing: an empirical approach. 4. Conclusions and policy recommendations. Appendices. Bibliography.

"The book has made a successful endeavour to find out the nature and extent of development of agriculture sector of Bangladesh. It also attempts to analyse the credit delivery services and performance of the sample bank, its credit clientele, objectives, etc. And to design and develop an integrated reform plan for the financing process of the banking system. The study focuses on one of the nationalized bank specialized in financing for agricultural development i.e. the Rajshahi Krishi Uddayan Bank (RKUB), which accounts for the second largest share of agriculture credit disbursement in the country." (jacket)