"This book is based on the seventh annual financial markets and development conference held May 30-31, 2006, in Washington, D.C. The conference was cosponsored by the World Bank Group and Brookings Institution."
Introduction / Robert E. Litan
Measuring financial access / Anjali Kumar, Mukta Joshi, Loraine Ronchi, and Konstantinos Tzioumis
Why does access matter? Impact on growth and poverty / Xavier Gine
Microfinance institutions and financial access: the double bottom line / Stephen Peachey
Commercial banks and financial access / Ajai Nair and J. D. von Pischke
Financial infrastructure and financial access / David Porteous
Government policies to expand financial access / Michael S. Barr
Conclusion / Michael S. Barr and Anjali Kumar.
Building inclusive financial systems : a framework for financial access. ISBN 9780815708391. Published by Brookings Institution in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.