The first part of this paper reviews the literature on the relation between finance and growth.
The second part of the paper reviews the literature on the historical and policy determinants …

Abstract Manuscript Type Review Research Question/Issue Using a systematic literature
review approach, we survey 192 cross‐national comparative studies published in 23 …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and
growth in developing countries. While small firms (< 20 employees) have the smallest share …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and
growth in developing countries. While small firms (< 20 employees) have the smallest share …

Based on data from 32 countries over the period 1996–2010, this paper is the first to assess
the relationship between financial innovation, on the one hand, and bank growth and …

Financial inclusion is crucial to a country's competitiveness while green economy emerges
as a policy priority along the sustainable development path, but how will they interact? This …

Using a firm-level survey database covering 48 countries, we investigate how financial and
institutional development affects financing of large and small firms. Our database is not …

This paper analyzes the relationship between the relative size of the small and medium
enterprise (SME) Sector and the business environment in 76 countries. The paper first …

Outline of this report 4 Main messages of this report 17 1.1 Access to finance vs. use:
voluntary and involuntary exclusion 29 1.2 Access to finance: supply vs. demand constraints …

How does political decentralization affect the frequency and costliness of bribe extraction by
corrupt officials? Previous empirical studies, using subjective indexes of perceived …