03222oam 22006975 450 991077787120332120230207224917.01-280-76579-897866107657990-8213-6865-610.1596/978-0-8213-6865-7(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(The World Bank)2006038987(US-djbf)14642648(EXLCZ)99100000000047134020061121d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinancial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals /Stijn Claessens, Erik FeijenWashington, DC :World Bank,[2007]copyright 2007.pages cmWorld 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 e-Library.Financial institutionsDeveloping countriesCongressesEconomic developmentCongressesPovertyDeveloping countriesPreventionCongressesSocial rightsDeveloping countriesCongressesFinancial institutionsEconomic developmentPovertyPreventionSocial rights332.109172/4Claessens Stijn282431Feijen Erik1511971DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910777871203321Financial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals3745591UNINA