02980nam 2200649 a 450 991045194180332120200520144314.01-281-19146-997866111914670-8213-7292-0(CKB)1000000000481526(EBL)459776(OCoLC)290501728(SSID)ssj0000086839(PQKBManifestationID)11980766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086839(PQKBWorkID)10031397(PQKB)11224400(MiAaPQ)EBC459776(Au-PeEL)EBL459776(CaPaEBR)ebr10202646(CaONFJC)MIL119146(OCoLC)781298288(EXLCZ)99100000000048152620070816d2008 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinance for all?[electronic resource] policies and pitfalls in expanding access /[by Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Thorsten Beck, and Patrick Honohan]Washington, D.C. World Bankc20081 online resource (268 p.)A World Bank policy research reportStatement of responsibility from p. xiii.0-8213-7291-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.Contents; Foreword; The Report Team; Abbreviations; Overview and Summary; Boxes; Figures; 1. Access to Finance and Development: Theory and Measurement; 2. Firms' Access to Finance: Entry, Growth, and Productivity; 3. Household Access to Finance: Poverty Alleviation and Risk Mitigation; 4. Government's Role in Facilitating Access; Data Appendix; ReferencesAccess to financial services varies sharply around the world. In many developing countries less than half the population has an account with a financial institution, and in most of Africa less than one in five households do. Lack of access to finance is often the critical mechanism for generating persistent income inequality, as well as slower growth. Finance for All?: Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access documents the extent of financial exclusion around the world; addresses the importance of access to financial services for growth, equity and poverty reduction; and discusses policy inteWorld Bank policy research report.Financial services industryDeveloping countriesBanks and bankingDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Financial services industryBanks and banking332.109172/4Demirgüç-Kunt Aslı1961-861347Beck Thorsten880119Honohan Patrick291895World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451941803321Finance for all2484712UNINA