Bleak short-term economic outlook raises the risk that social and environmental achievements may not be sustained. The changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve a sustainable fiscal policy. Against this...

Introduction -- The supply of bank services: branches and service points -- Users of financial services: a survey of urban individuals -- Analysis of survey results: what explains access? -- Summary of findings and policy implications

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Supply of Bank Services: Branches and Service Points -- Regional Distribution of Financial Services -- International Comparisons of Bank Services -- Econometric Analyses of Factors Associated with Bank Service Supply -- Summary of...