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Table 5-Proportion of rural financial institutions (RFIs) and country RFI systems that are unifunctional,
semi-multifunctional, and multifunctional, by region and income group
Regiun/Income Group
Percent of Countries Where
Number of Formal RFI System Is Percent of RFls That Are
Countries
Covered
Unifunctional
Semimultifunctional
Multifunctional
Unifunctional
Semimultifunctional
Multifunctional
StbSaharan Africa
Low-income countries 18 89 11 0 64 36 0
Middle-income cointries 14 43 57 0 58 40 2
Asia
Low-incofin colunties 9 11 788 11 23 71 6
Middle-income countries 5 ( 60 40 17 47 36
(2) (0) (0) (100) (0) (9) (91)
[31 [0] [100] [0] [26] [69] [5]
High-iniome country 1 0 0 100 0 12 88
Near LEst and Mediternnean Basin
lov inoIe coutltries 2 0 100 0 12 88 0
Middle-incomne countries 8 0 62 38 39 44 17
High-inconie coluntries 1 0 100 0 60 40 0
North America
High-income counirN 1 0 0 1() 20 40 40
Lat'i, America and the Caribbean
Low-income countries 3 33 67 0 36 55 9
Middle-inconte couniries 27 19 81 0 32 68 0
Sources: Asian Productivity Organization 1984, 1985, 1988; Brake et al. 1971, Philippines. Bureau of Cooperat;ves Development 1979; Thailand
C(xpratives Promotion Department 1979; B. Ni. Desai 1986b, 1989; Desai, Gupta, and Singh 1988; Desai and Namboodiri 1991; Donald 1976;
Egaitsu 1988b; FAO 1973, 1974a, 1974h, 1975, 1976; Hossain 1988; Hussi and Abbott 1975; Hyun, Adams, and Hushak 1979; Jodha 1974; C. Y.
Lee 1983; 1). H. Lee 1984; Lee, Bohije, and Nelson 1980; Machima 1976; Matsuhiro 1988: Meyer, Baker. and Onchon 1979; Mohnan 1986;
Murray 1961; NENARGA 1987; Rana 1973; Korea, Republic of, NACF various years; Singh 1970; Tashiro 1984; Central Union of Agricultural
Cooperatives 1971, 1980a, 1980b; and Norinchukin Bank 1985.
Notes: Numbers in parentheses are for Taiwan and the Republic of Korea combined. Numbers in brackets are for Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
combined. Income groups of countries are based on real national income.