Banking Services for Everyone? Barriers to Bank Access and Use around the World

Banking Services for Everyone? Barriers to Bank Access and Use around the World

Using information from 193 banks in 58 countries, the authors develop and analyze indicators of physical access, affordability, and eligibility barriers to deposit, loan, and payment services. They find substantial cross-country variation in barriers to banking and show that in many countries these...

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Main Authors: Beck, Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGENCY PROBLEMS
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK ASSETS
BANK LOANS
BANKING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SERVICES
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKS
CHECKING
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
DEPOSITORS
DEPOSITS
DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN BANKS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INTEREST RATES
LATIN AMERICAN
LEGISLATION
MICROFINANCE
MIDDLE EAST
MORAL HAZARD
MORTGAGE LOANS
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SMALL BANKS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
WESTERN EUROPE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7245845/banking-services-everyone-barriers-bank-access-use-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8833

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7245845/banking-services-everyone-barriers-bank-access-use-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8833

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