02489nam 2200577 a 450 991045504290332120200520144314.00-8213-7755-8(CKB)1000000000794616(EBL)459845(OCoLC)317596833(SSID)ssj0000085512(PQKBManifestationID)12015404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085512(PQKBWorkID)10009844(PQKB)10609460(MiAaPQ)EBC459845(Au-PeEL)EBL459845(CaPaEBR)ebr10369844(OCoLC)781298588(EXLCZ)99100000000079461620080829d2009 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBanking the poor[electronic resource] measuring banking access in 54 economiesWashington, DC World Bankc20091 online resource (108 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-7754-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76).Overview -- Banking the poor -- Starting to bank -- Adding customer services -- Building branchless banking -- Promoting access to banking -- Extending credit to entrepreneurs -- Increasing disclosure -- Data sources and methodology.Banking the Poor explores level and determinants of financial access in 54 countries, mostly in Africa. It collects information from two sources: central banks and leading commercial banks in each surveyed country. It explores associations between countries' banking policies and practices and their levels of financial access, measured in terms of the numbers of bank account per thousand adults. It builds on the previous work measuring financial access through information from regulators, from banks, and also from users' perspectives in household surveys.Financial services industryDeveloping countriesBanks and bankingDeveloping countriesMicrofinanceDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Financial services industryBanks and bankingMicrofinance332.1/75086942096World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455042903321Banking the poor2441826UNINA