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

Statement of responsibility from p. xiii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.

1. Access to Finance and Development: Theory and Measurement --Theory: The Crucial Role of Access to Finance --Measurement: Indicators of Access to Finance --2. Firms' Access to Finance: Entry, Growth, and Productivity --Access to Finance: Determinants and Implications --The Channels of Impact: Micro and Macro Evidence --Transforming the Economy: Differences in Impact --What Aspects of Financial Sector Development Matter for Access? --3. Household Access to Finance: Poverty Alleviation and Risk Mitigation --Finance, Inequality, and Poverty --Providing Financial Access to Households and Microentrepreneurs: How and by Whom? --Reaching Out to the Poor or co the Excluded? --4. Government's Role in Facilitating Access --Expanding Access: Importance of Long-Term Institution Building --&Specific Policies to Facilitate Financial Access --Policies to Promote Competition and Stability --Government Interventions in the Market --A;Political Economy of Access.

This book documents the extent of financial exclusion around the world; addresses the importance of access to financial services for growth, equity and poverty reduction.

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