Financial Development and Poverty Alleviation : Issues and Policy Implications for Developing and Transition Countries /

This paper reviews current thinking on the relationship between financial development and poverty alleviation-a subject that has grown increasingly important in the policy prescriptions of the IMF and other international financial institutions in recent years. Although work on this issue is far from...

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Main Author: Prokopenko, Vassili
Other Authors: Holden, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/160
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:This paper reviews current thinking on the relationship between financial development and poverty alleviation-a subject that has grown increasingly important in the policy prescriptions of the IMF and other international financial institutions in recent years. Although work on this issue is far from over, some important lessons can be learned from the existing evidence. The paper reflects on these lessons and looks at some of the policy implications of the analysis.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (40 pages)
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ISSN:1018-5941
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