01620cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001737 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451857740 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Prokopenko, Vassili. Financial Development and Poverty Alleviation : Issues and Policy Implications for Developing and Transition Countries / Vassili Prokopenko, Paul Holden. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper reviews current thinking on the relationship between financial development and poverty alleviation-a subject that has grown increasingly important in the policy prescriptions of the IMF and other international financial institutions in recent years. Although work on this issue is far from over, some important lessons can be learned from the existing evidence. The paper reflects on these lessons and looks at some of the policy implications of the analysis. Mode of access: Internet Holden, Paul. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/160 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/160/001.2001.issue-160-en.xml IMF e-Library