Finance for All?: Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access

by Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Asli Demirgüç-Kunt

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821372912
• ISBN13: 9780821372913
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.3"