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© 2000 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

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A New Database on the Structure and Development of the Financial Sector

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, and Ross Levine

Financial Sector Policy and Strategy Group at the World Bank tbeck{at}vorldbank.org
lead economist with the Development Research Group at the World Bank ademirguckunt{at}worldbank.org
the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota rlevine{at}csom.umn.edu

This article introduces a new database of indicators of financial structure and financial development across countries and over time. The database is unique in that it combines a wide variety of indicators that measure the size, activity, and efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets. It improves on previous efforts by presenting data on the public share of commercial banks, introducing indicators of the size and activity of nonbank financial institutions, and constructing measures of the size of bond and primary equity markets.


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