03201oam 22007335 450 991077826470332120200520144314.01-281-19146-997866111914670-8213-7292-010.1596/978-0-8213-7291-3(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(The World Bank)165478540(The World Bank)ocn165478540(US-djbf)14969157(EXLCZ)99100000000048152620070816d2008 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinance for all? : policies and pitfalls in expanding access /[by Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Thorsten Beck, and Patrick Honohan]Washington, D.C. :World Bank,c2008.xv, 246 pages color illustrations ;24 cmA 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 e-Library.Financial services industryDeveloping countriesBanks and bankingDeveloping countriesFinancial services industryBanks and banking332.109172/4Demirguc-Kunt Asli1961-1492859Beck Thorsten1474036Honohan Patrick291895World Bank.DLCDLCBAKERBTCTAYDXCPC#PDLCBOOK9910778264703321Finance for all?3715569UNINA