Holdings: Finance and Economic Opportunity

Finance and Economic Opportunity

An influential body of theoretical research and an emerging line of empirical work suggest that the operation of the formal financial system affects the degree to which economic opportunities are defined by talent and initiative rather than by pare...

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Main Authors:	Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli, Levine, Ross
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS BARRIERS ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO EXTERNAL FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCURATE ESTIMATE AFFORDABILITY ASSET RATIO ATMS AUTOMATIC TELLER AVERAGE GROWTH BAD BANKS BANK ACCESS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANK BRANCH BANK BRANCHES BANK COMPETITION BANK REGULATION BANK SERVICES BANKING SERVICES BANKS BARRIER BARRIER TO FINANCING BEQUEST BEQUESTS BLACK WORKER BOND BONDS BROAD ACCESS BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CHECKS COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CONSOLIDATION CONTRIBUTION CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION CREDIT ALLOCATION CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT PROGRAMS CREDIT REGISTRIES CREDIT UNIONS CREDITOR CREDITOR RIGHTS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT ACCOUNT DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS DEPOSIT SERVICES DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DISCRIMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EXCLUSION EXTERNAL FINANCE FAMILIES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL POLICY FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICIES FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCING OBSTACLES FIRM GROWTH FIXED COST FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF BANKS FORMAL FINANCIAL SECTOR FORMAL FINANCIAL SERVICES GENERAL POPULATION GOVERNMENT BANK GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF BANKS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOLDING HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDICATORS OF ACCESS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES INTEREST INCOME INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INVESTING INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT RETURNS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LARGE BANKS LAWS LEGAL CONSTRAINTS LEGAL ENFORCEMENT LENDERS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY RISK LOAN LOAN AMOUNT LOAN APPLICATIONS LOAN BALANCES LOCAL BANK LOCAL BANKS LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COST MARKET PARTICIPANTS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICRO DATA MICRO ENTERPRISES MICRO-CREDIT MICROCREDIT MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MIDDLE EAST MONEY MARKET MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY MUTUAL FUNDS NORTH AFRICA OUTREACH PHYSICAL ACCESS POLITICAL ECONOMY POSTAL SAVINGS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE CREDIT PROFIT MARGINS PROVISION OF CREDIT PUBLIC POLICY RATE OF RETURN REGULATORS RENTS RETURN ON ASSETS RETURN ON SAVINGS RISK DIVERSIFICATION RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SAVINGS BANKS SAVINGS BEHAVIOR SCHOOL FINANCE SECURITIES SECURITIES MARKETS SELF-EXCLUSION SENIOR SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALLER ENTERPRISES SMALLER FIRMS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPERVISORY POWER TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER PAYMENTS WAGE WAGE RATES WORK FORCE WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8922449/finance-economic-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6438

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Finance and Economic Opportunity

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