A well-functioning financial system and a vigorous private sector are important drivers of growth and poverty reduction. Finance is central to private sector development and vice versa, and large parts of both sub-disciplines revolve around the behavior and performance of firms. Please see Finance and PSD for some of the policy messages that came out of our recent research and future directions.

 Research Roundup 2008-2011  

Asli Demirgüç-Kunt on C-SPAN commenting at the Shadow Regulatory Commission Summit on the Future of Bank Regulation, which was held at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research on Oct.24, 2011.
(Video, 2 hours)

New findings on bank competition and systemic stability, incentives for firm formalization, the impact of collateral reform on credit access and much more...  More >>

Findings and lessons in the areas of finance and private sector development conducted by the Development Research Group.

Do informal firms want to formalize and does it help them if they do? (March 2012)

Financial Development and Structure Database (Updated Nov. 2010)

The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Snapshots (Nov. 2010)