Financial Access in Post-Reform India

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-807665-0
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

This book focuses on two important aspects of the financial sector-development and access. Combining theory with analytical rigour, the authors examine the level of and changes in financial development and access in the post-reform period.

Using a macroeconomic growth approach, financial development is looked at in terms of the structure of the financial system, its size, reach, and efficiency, and soundness of the banking sector. Financial access is conceptualized as the supply of financial resources for productive investment purposes. It is measured in terms of availability of finances from the formal financial system and its adequacy in taking care of productive investment needs. Based on empirical assessment of disaggregate
data at the sectoral level, the authors suggest innovative solutions to reduce risk and transaction costs in order to improve financial access in the economy. They also compare specific aspects of the Indian financial system with that of the United Kingdom, Brazil, and China.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of economics, finance, and management, as well as practitioners, policymakers, and financial analysts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhavani, T a

Bhanumurthy, N.R.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Preface; Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
2: Financial Development, Financial Access, and its Relation with Economic Growth
3: Analytical Considerations
4: Financial Development: Empirical Evidence
5: Financial Access: Household Level Evidence
6: Financial Access: Sector and Segment Level Evidence
7: Indian Financial Sector: An International Comparison
8: Private Participation in the Banking Sector
9: Summary, Findings, and Policy Recommendations
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bhavani, T a
T.A. Bhavani is Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University.

Bhanumurthy, N.R.
N.R. Bhanumurthy is Professor of Economics, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.