Building inclusive financial systems : a framework for financial access / Michael S. Barr, Anjali Kumar, Robert E. Litan, editors.

"Addresses the challenges of making financial systems more inclusive, emulating successful ventures in new markets, and utilizing technologies and government policies to support the expansion of financial access. Examines many dimensions of financial access, including measuring financial access...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Authors: World Bank, International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Barr, Michael S., Kumar, Anjali, 1956-, Litan, Robert E., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2007.
Series:Emerging markets series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Robert E. Litan
  • Measuring financial access / Anjali Kumar, Mukta Joshi, Loraine Ronchi, and Konstantinos Tzioumis
  • Why does access matter? Impact on growth and poverty / Xavier Gine
  • Microfinance institutions and financial access: the double bottom line / Stephen Peachey
  • Commercial banks and financial access / Ajai Nair and J.D. von Pischke
  • Financial infrastructure and financial access / David Porteous
  • Government policies to expand financial access / Michael S. Barr
  • Conclusion / Michael S. Barr and Anjali Kumar.