The Little Data Book on Financial Development 2013

World Bank

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES;    ASSET PRICE;    BANK ACCOUNTS;    BANK ASSETS;    BANK BRANCHES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-9754-1
RP-ID  :  73517

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The little data book on financialdevelopment 2013 is a pocket edition of the global financialdevelopment database published as part of the work on theglobal financial development report 2013: rethinking therole of the state in finance. The global financialdevelopment database is an extensive dataset of financialsystem characteristics for 203 economies. The databaseincludes measures of (1) size of financial institutions andmarkets (financial depth), (2) degree to which individualscan and do use financial services (access), (3) efficiencyof financial intermediaries and markets in intermediatingresources and facilitating financial transactions(efficiency), and (4) stability of financial institutionsand markets (stability). There is ample evidence on the rolefinancial sector development plays in economic development,poverty alleviation and economic stability. However thereare serious shortcomings associated with measuring theconcept of the 'functioning of the financialsystem.' Recognizing the need for good data to betterunderstand the concept of financial development, the WorldBank's financial and private sector Vice Presidency anddevelopment economics Vice Presidency have recently launcheda global financial development database, an extensiveworldwide database that combines and updates severalfinancial data sets. The data highlight themulti-dimensional nature of financial systems. Deepfinancial systems do not necessarily provide high degrees offinancial access; highly efficient financial systems are notnecessarily more stable than the less efficient ones, and soon. Each of these characteristics has an association withaspects of the broader socio-economic development, and eachis, in turn, strongly associated with financial sectorpolicies and other parts of the enabling environment forfinance. The data also demonstrate the effects of the globalfinancial crisis. The crisis not only increased financialinstability but also translated into difficulties alongother dimensions, such as increasing problems of access tofinancial services.