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Financial Inclusion and Legal Discrimination Against Women : Evidence from Developing Countries
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe - 2013
This paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the use of financial services using individual-level data from 98 developing countries. The data, drawn from the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) database, highlight the existence of significant gender gaps in ownership of...
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Measuring Financial Inclusion : The Global Findex Database
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora - 2012
microfinance institution in the past year. Although half of adults around the world remain unbanked, at least 35 percent of them …
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Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation Across Countries
Klapper, Leora; Amit, Raphael; Guill??n, Mauro F. - 2012
The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey measures entrepreneurial activity around the world. The database includes …
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Financing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises with Factoring : Global Growth and its Potential in Eastern Europe
Bakker, Marie H. R.; Klapper, Leora; Udell, Gregory F. - 2013
billion euro in 2003. Although the importance of factoring varies considerably around the world, it occurs in most countries …
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Financial Inclusion and the Role of the Post Office
Anson, Jose; Berthaud, Alexandre; Klapper, Leora - 2014
Given their widespread presence in rural and poor areas, post offices can play a leading role in advancing financial inclusion. Yet little is known about the type of clients that post offices reach through their financial service offerings as compared with clients of traditional financial...
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The Global Findex Database 2014
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe - 2015
The Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) database, launched by the World Bank in 2011, provides comparable … indicators showing how people around the world save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. The 2014 edition of the database …
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