Policy emphasis for financial sector development has shifted away from microfinance and towards the development of ‘inclusive financial markets’. But for inclusion to take place, policy must address barriers to access. This paper analyses the socio-economic, demographic and geographic...

Finance long has been described as the quot;governorquot; of economic development. Yet there are no agreed indicators of financial development or measures of the efficiency with which finance provides services to other sectors. This paper clarifies the choices by distinguishing price from...