03131nam 2200661Ia 450 991045147170332120200520144314.01-280-76579-897866107657990-8213-6865-6(CKB)1000000000471340(EBL)459393(OCoLC)105689581(SSID)ssj0000086855(PQKBManifestationID)11987904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086855(PQKBWorkID)10030763(PQKB)10263103(MiAaPQ)EBC459393(Au-PeEL)EBL459393(CaPaEBR)ebr10161448(CaONFJC)MIL76579(EXLCZ)99100000000047134020061121d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinancial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals[electronic resource] /Stijn Claessens, Erik FeijenWashington, DC World Bankc20071 online resource (128 p.)World bank working paper ;no. 89Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-6864-8 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Preface; Summary; LIST OF FIGURES; 1. Introduction and Overview; LIST OF BOXES; 2. Financial Sector Development and Income Improvement; 3. Financial Sector Development and Poverty Reduction; 4. Financial Sector Development and Health, Education, and Gender Equality Improvement; 5. Access to Financial Services for Poor Households and Smaller Firms; 6. Improving Access to Financial Services: Recommendations; ReferencesThis study investigates the relationship between financial sector development and progress in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It assesses the contribution of countries' financial sector development to achieving the MDGs. The focus is on the relationships between financial development and economic welfare and growth, and the following four MDG-themes: Poverty, Education, Health, and Gender Equality. In doing so, the book reviews the theoretical channels, surveys existing empirical evidence - both cross-country and case study evidence, and provides new evidence. Financial SectoWorld Bank working paper ;no. 89.Financial institutionsDeveloping countriesCongressesEconomic developmentCongressesPovertyDeveloping countriesPreventionCongressesSocial rightsDeveloping countriesCongressesElectronic books.Financial institutionsEconomic developmentPovertyPreventionSocial rights332.109172/4Claessens Stijn282431Feijen Erik969459MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451471703321Financial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals2203034UNINA