The intensity of the crisis in financial markets has surprised nearly everyone. The authors search out the root causes of the crisis, distinguishing them from scapegoating explanations that have been used...
Recent data compilations show that many poor and non-poor people in many developing countries face a high degree of financial exclusion and high barriers in access to finance. Theory and empirical evidence...
This issue includes the following: access to finance: an unfinished agenda; by Thorsten Beck, and Asli Demirguc-Kunt. Banking Services for Everyone? Barriers to Bank Access and Use around the World; by...