TY - BOOK ID - 11262398 TI - Financial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals AU - Claessens, Stijn. AU - Feijen, Erik. PY - 2007 SN - 0821368648 9786610765799 1280765798 0821368656 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Economic development -- Congresses. KW - Financial institutions -- Developing countries -- Congresses. KW - Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention -- Congresses. KW - Social rights -- Developing countries -- Congresses. KW - Financial institutions KW - Economic development KW - Poverty KW - Social rights KW - Finance KW - Financial Management & Planning KW - Business & Economics KW - Prevention KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - 333.101 KW - 338.8 KW - 333.130.0 KW - Banksysteem en bankstelsel. KW - Economische groei. KW - Private banken: algemeen. Studies over de organisatie en de techniek van de banken. KW - Destitution KW - Financial intermediaries KW - Lending institutions KW - Human rights KW - Basic needs KW - Wealth KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Socio-economic rights KW - Socioeconomic rights KW - Law and legislation KW - Banksysteem en bankstelsel KW - Economische groei KW - Private banken: algemeen. Studies over de organisatie en de techniek van de banken UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11262398 AB - This study investigates the relationship between financial sector development and progress in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It assesses the contribution of countries' financial sector development to achieving the MDGs. The focus is on the relationships between financial development and economic welfare and growth, and the following four MDG-themes: Poverty, Education, Health, and Gender Equality. In doing so, the book reviews the theoretical channels, surveys existing empirical evidence - both cross-country and case study evidence, and provides new evidence. Financial Secto ER -