Finance for all? [[electronic resource] ] : policies and pitfalls in expanding access / / [by Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Thorsten Beck, and Patrick Honohan]

• Autore: Demirgüç-Kunt Aslı <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.109172/4
• Soggetto topico: Financial services industry - Developing countries; Banks and banking - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BeckThorsten HonohanPatrick
• Note generali: Statement of responsibility from p. xiii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Access 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 inte
• Titolo autorizzato: Finance for all
• ISBN: 1-281-19146-9; 9786611191467; 0-8213-7292-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451941803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank policy research report.