Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Barr, Michael S.
• Kumar, Anjali.
• Litan, Robert E., 1950-
• World Bank.
• International Monetary Fund.

Description

vii, 198 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Broad-based and inclusive financial systems can significantly aid financial development, reduce poverty, and expand economic opportunity in developing countries. Poor households and individuals often have difficulty obtaining financial services for a multitude of reasons, including transaction costs, perceived risk, inadequate legal and financial infrastructure, and information barriers. Yet many financial institutions have begun making profitable inroads into these underserved markets through the continuing expansion of financial access and microfinance." "The authors in this volume take stock of what has been accomplished so far and address the challenges that remain in making financial systems more inclusive. They examine methods for measuring financial access, the link between access and poverty reduction, the question of private profitability and social returns, the role of commercial banks in improving financial access, the need for innovative financial and technological infrastructure, and the ways government policies can expand access. Building Inclusive Financial Systems offers an indispensable guide for governments and the private sector to increase access effectively and responsibly."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

World Bank/IMF/Brookings emerging markets series

Uniform Title

World Bank/IMF/Brookings emerging markets series.

Subjects

• Financial services industry > Developing countries > Congresses
• Finance > Developing countries > Congresses
• Financial institutions > Developing countries > Congresses
• Microfinance > Developing countries > Congresses
• Credit > Developing countries > Congresses

Note

• "This book is based on the seventh annual financial markets and development conference held May 30-31, 2006, in Washington, D.C. The conference was cosponsored by the World Bank Group and Brookings Institution"--P. [ii].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Michael S. Barr, Anjali Kumar and Robert E. Litan -- 2. Measuring Financial Access / Anjali Kumar, Mukta Joshi, Loraine Ronchi and Konstantinos Tzioumis -- 3. Why Does Access Matter? Impact on Growth and Poverty / Xavier Gine -- 4. Microfinance Institutions and Financial Access: The Double Bottom Line / Stephen Peachey -- 5. Commercial Banks and Financial Access / Ajai Nair and J. D. von Pischke -- 6. Financial Infrastructure and Financial Access / David Porteous -- 7. Government Policies to Expand Financial Access / Michael S. Barr -- 8. Conclusion / Michael S. Barr, Anjali Kumar and Robert E. Litan.

ISBN

• 9780815708391 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0815708394 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007027761

OCLC

• 156784829
• ocn156784829
• SCSB-5931228

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Columbia University Libraries