Title Financial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals / Stijn Claessens, Erik Feijen

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 106 pages) : illustrations Series World bank working paper ; no. 89 World Bank working paper ; no. 89. Contents "This study was commissioned by the Netherlands Financial Sector Development Exchange (NFX) for its conference, 'Mind the Gap : Bankable Approaches to Increase Access to Finance', November 2006, Amsterdam"--P Summary This study investigates the relationship between financial sector development and progress in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It assesses the contribution of countries' financial sector development to achieving the MDGs. The focus is on the relationships between financial development and economic welfare and growth, and the following four MDG-themes: Poverty, Education, Health, and Gender Equality. In doing so, the book reviews the theoretical channels, surveys existing empirical evidence - both cross-country and case study evidence, and provides new evidence. Financial Secto Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-106) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Financial institutions -- Developing countries -- Congresses Economic development -- Congresses Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention -- Congresses Social rights -- Developing countries -- Congresses BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking. Economic development Financial institutions Poverty -- Prevention Social rights Instituições financeiras. Desenvolvimento econômico. Pobreza. Direitos humanos. Países em desenvolvimento. Finansväsen -- U-länder -- konferenser. Fattigdom -- U-länder -- prevention -- konferenser. Ekonomisk utveckling -- konferenser. Sociala rättigheter -- U-länder -- konferenser. Developing countries Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Feijen, Erik. ISBN 9780821368657 0821368656 9780821368640 0821368648 1280765798 9781280765797 6610765790 9786610765799

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