Financial Development and Financial Inclusion

Overview

What you'll learn

• Identify a framework for financialmarket development and financial inclusion, and why they matter for economic growth and development.
• Measure the degree of financial development and inclusion for a country or countries using a wide range of standard indicators and use benchmarking to compare…
• Identify strategies and policies to support the development of financial intermediaries and capital markets in a country, considering initial conditions and li…
• Understand the unique challenges SMEs face accessing finance. Describe how financial intermediaries can better tailor their products to the needs of the SMEs.
• Provide standard methodologies for managing risks associated with SME lending. Evaluate how government policies can improve the lending environment for SMEs an…
• Evaluate the benefits and costs of different financial inclusion policies and identify strategies to promote financial inclusion for households and micro-enter…
• Understand various uses of technology in the financial sector(Fintech) and how they couldbe used to improve the efficiency and inclusiveness of financial servi…

Skills you'll practise

Financial InclusionFinancial MarketInvestment BankingFinancial Technology (FinTech)Equity Markets

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Taught by

• Ralph ChamiAssistant Director (ICD)
• Sami Ben NaceurDeputy Division Chief
• Dyna HengEconomist
• Dmitriy RozhkovSenior Economist
• Ashique HabibEconomist
• Laura KodresAssistant Director (ICD)
• Rasool ZandvakilEconomist
• Sena OztosunResearch Analyst