Asli Demirguc-Kunt

Finance, Financial Sector Policies, and Long-run Growth

Abstract: The first part of this paper reviews the literature on the relation between finance and growth. The second part of the paper reviews the lit...

The Global Findex Database 2017

Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution

In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive...

The Global Findex Database 2017

Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution

In 2011 the World Bank--with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation--launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive d...

Finance, Firm Size, and Growth

Although research shows that financial development accelerates aggregate economic growth, economists have not resolved conflicting theoretical predict...

Reaching Out

Access to and Use of Banking Services Across Countries

The authors (1) present new indicators of banking sector penetration across 99 countries based on a survey of bank regulatory authorities, (2) show th...

Finance, Inequality, and Poverty

Cross-Country Evidence

While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, the authors study whether financial development is pro-poo...

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 barrie...

Banking on the Principles

Compliance with Basel Core Principles and Bank Soundness

This study finds that banks receive more favorable Moody's financial strength ratings in countries with better compliance with Basel Core Principles r...

Bank Capital

Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Using a multi-country panel of banks, the authors study whether better capitalized banks fared better in terms of stock returns during the financial c...

Financial and Legal Constraints to Firm Growth

Does Size Matter?

Using a unique firm-level survey data base, covering fifty four countries, the authors investigate whether different financial, legal, and corruption ...

Financial Inclusion and Legal Discrimination Against Women

Evidence from Developing Countries

This paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the use of financial services using individual-level data from 98 developing countries. The da...

Competition and Firm Recovery Post-COVID-19

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the reallocation of economic activity across firms, and whether this reallocation depends on ...

How Well Do Institutional Theories Explain Firms' Perceptions of Property Rights?

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