TY - BOOK AU - Demirgüç-Kunt,Aslı AU - Beck,Thorsten AU - Honohan,Patrick ED - World Bank. TI - Finance for all?: policies and pitfalls in expanding access SN - 9780821372913 AV - HG195 .D46 2008 U1 - 332.109172'4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Financial services industry KW - Developing countries KW - Banks and banking N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007033387.html ER -