Winning through Cross-Cutting : Breaking Down IFC Silos to Promote Access to Finance in Rural Bangladesh

In an increasingly congested market for financial institutions in the major cities of Bangladesh, United Leasing Company (ULC), an International Finance Corporation (IFC) partner financial institution, decided to go where other such institutions we...

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Main Authors: Kamal, Sayed Tarek, Haque, Mekhola, Zaman, Zaki Uz
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10653177/winning-through-cross-cutting-breaking-down-ifc-silos-promote-access-finance-rural-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10546
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Summary:In an increasingly congested market for financial institutions in the major cities of Bangladesh, United Leasing Company (ULC), an International Finance Corporation (IFC) partner financial institution, decided to go where other such institutions were not yet focusing, rural Bangladesh. The smart lesson describes how IFC South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) was able to leverage internal expertise and help ULC take a first-mover position and access viable businesses in rural Bangladesh.