(SMEs) in the world. The paper provides empirical evidence on the drivers of SME access to finance for a large sample of …

This paper describes the compilation of the Global Debt Database (GDD), a cutting-edge dataset covering private and … public debt for virtually the entire world (190 countries) dating back to the 1950s. The GDD is the result of a multiyear …

database with fiscal data for several levels of government. The data show that in many countries, revenue collection remains …

This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms, covering 91 economies over 1973–2005. It describes the … content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an index of financial reform …. It also compares the database with other measures of financial liberalization, provides descriptive statistics, and …

data are linked to the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database to facilitate regular updates. The paper discusses the …This paper describes the compilation of the first truly comprehensive database on gross government debt-to-GDP ratios …, covering nearly the entire IMF membership (174 countries) and spanning an exceptionally long time period. The database was …