Finance & Private Sector Research

Overview

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 Private Sector Development for some of the policy messages that came out of our recent research and future directions. More »

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New Book Shows that Low-Income People Are “Bankable”

This volume highlights practical ideas that may lead to serving more of the 2.5 billion adults that lack bank accounts, including innovative uses of technology, "behaviorally inspired" measures of creditworthiness, and more. Read more»

Data

Bank Regulation and Supervision Database
(Dec. 2012)
Global Financial Development Database
(updated Dec. 2012)
Financial Development and Structure Database
(updated Apr. 2013)
The Global Findex Database
(Apr. 2012)
Entrepreneurship Snapshots
(Nov. 2010)
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Subtopics

	Finance and Private Sector Impact Evaluations		Household Access to Finance
	Remittances and Migration		Entrepreneurship
	Financial Institutions and Regulation		Access to Finance
	Bankruptcy and Resolutions of Financial Distress		Financial Crises
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Books and Reports

	Banking the World: Empirical Foundations of Financial Inclusion (2012)		Global Financial Development Report 2013
	The International Financial Crisis (2011)		Deposit Insurance Around the World (2008)
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