In 2007-08 Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the central bank of Afghanistan, was in the process of reforming the financial … sector. While some considerable advances have been made with respect to basic legislation, some central banking reform, the …: reputable private investors; small and medium entrepreneurs; BRAC, a microfinance institution; Kabul Bank, a fast growing …

unbanked-61 percent in a recent household survey in Bogota. The authors next look at the banking system today, concluding that …. "--World Bank web site …

data on access and use, and areas for further analysis to help identify the constraints to broadening access. "--World Bank …

institutions (SOFIs) hold about 12 percent of banking sector assets and about 8 percent of insurance sector assets. SOFIs are key …

institutions. The larger state-owned commercial banks/ groups include Sberbank, the VTB Bank group, and Gazprombank. Like private …. The main state hybrid bank is the Russian Agricultural Bank (RAB), which has a policy mandate to focus on agribusiness …, while also engaging in broader commercial banking activities. The principal state development institution is the VEB group …

-banked in terms of bank branch presence, disparities however in financial access can be as significant between neighborhoods … last few years, especially for the microfinance, and cooperative sectors, and later for banking correspondents, were …

that branchless banking technology offers (chapter three), the options for strengthening the financial infrastructure …

The development of a far reaching correspondent banking network is one of the key factors behind Brazil's success story …,000. The Central Bank encouraged financial institutions to reach out to more distant consumers and to communities where they … restrictions on correspondent banking, such as individual approval processes, in response to early successes with this program. The …