No / A huge body of literature has well acknowledged the crucial role played by financial sector in economic growth. Financial sector enables mobilisation of savings and allocation of credit for production and investment. Among its other functions are supplying transaction and portfolio management services and providing payment services, and source of liquidity for the firms. Financial sector also monitors borrowers, matches illiquid assets with liquid liabilities, and integrates credit and liquidity provision functions (Bossone, 2000). Banks boost economic growth by identifying the entrepreneurs with the best chances of successfully initiating new goods and production processes (King & Levine, 1993) and facilitate long-run investments in the high return projects (Bencivenga & Smith, 1991). In this chapter we examine the role of financial sector in achieving economic growth and development. We also briefly look at the factors determining financial development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/18879 |
| Date | 11 April 2022 |
| Creators | Arora, Rashmi |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishers |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Encyclopaedia article, No full-text in the repository |
| Rights | Unspecified |
| Relation | https://www.e-elgar.com/products/encyclopedia/ |
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