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Access to Finance

dc.date.accessioned2015-04-10T10:15:35Z
dc.date.available2015-04-10T10:15:35Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-15
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/3476
dc.description.abstractWell-functioning financial markets are essential for promoting economic growth. Without finance, businesses cannot start or grow. The difference between repressed financial markets and those that work effectively can vary growth rates by as much as two percentage points a year—more than the average economic annual growth rate of Pacific island countries over the past two decades. Well-functioning financial markets provide not only investment finance to large businesses, but also assistance to home buyers, financing for automobile purchases, working capital for small businesses, loans for education to improve human capital, and loans to farmers and others in the rural sector to improve crops and access new markets.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.titleAccess to Finance
dc.typeBriefs
dc.subject.expertCofinancing
dc.subject.expertDevelopment Financing
dc.subject.expertEconomic Development and Finance
dc.subject.expertFinance
dc.subject.expertFinancial Advisory Services
dc.subject.expertFinancial Assistance
dc.subject.expertFinancial Support
dc.subject.adbADB
dc.subject.adbSelf Financing
dc.subject.adbAid Financing
dc.subject.adbFinancial Aid
dc.subject.adbDevelopment Banks
dc.subject.adbProject Impact
dc.subject.naturalDevelopment Banks
dc.subject.naturalAsset allocation
dc.subject.naturalInvestment management
dc.subject.naturalCommercial documents
dc.title.seriesPacific Private Sector Policy Brief
dc.contributor.imprintAsian Development Bank
oar.themeFinance
oar.adminregionPacific Region
oar.countryCook Islands
oar.countryFiji Islands
oar.countryKiribati
oar.countryMarshall Islands
oar.countryFederated States of Micronesia
oar.countryNauru
oar.countryPalau
oar.countryPapua New Guinea
oar.countrySamoa
oar.countrySolomon Islands
oar.countryTimor-Leste
oar.countryTonga
oar.countryTuvalu
oar.countryVanuatu
oar.identifierOAR-003706
oar.authorAsian Development Bank
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