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Part I: Summary of findings -- Part II: Resource papers : An overview of rural financial services for small farmer development in Asia -- Assessment of lending practices: problems and suggested solutions -- Nature of transaction costs in rural credit delivery systems - a review of recent literature -- Improvement of loan supervision for credit effectiveness: the AFFFC case -- The role of farmers' organizations in an effective credit delivery system - agricultural cooperatives in Japan -- Transactions cost issues in rural finance: a review of the arguments and recent evidence in Asia -- Evaluation of farm credit in Asian countries -- Part III: Country papers : Bangladesh -- China, Rep. of -- India (1) -- India (2) -- Indonesia (1) -- Indonesia (2) -- Iran, Islamic Rep. of -- Korea, Rep. of -- Mongolia -- Nepal - Philippines (1) (Rodelio L. Bathan) - Philippines (2) (Ramon Yedra) -- Sri Lanka -- Thailand