Youth Financial Inclusion Through the Lens of Global Findex Data

In this webinar, recorded in October 2013, World Bank economist Leora Klapper and analyst Douglas Randall present the Global Financial Inclusion Index Youth Note and discuss the implications of new findings for youth financial inclusion. Leora Klapper is a Lead Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Research Team of the Development Research Group at the World Bank. Since joining the Bank as a Young Economist in 1998, she has published on entrepreneurship, access to finance, corporate governance, bankruptcy, and risk management. Her current research focuses on entrepreneurship and household finance, and measurements of financial inclusion. Prior to coming to the Bank she worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Bank of Israel, and Salomon Smith Barney. She holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from New York University Stern School of Business. Douglas Randall is a Research Analyst in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team of the Development Economics Research Group. He joined the Bank in 2009 and is currently the lead data analyst for the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database. He has a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Tufts University and an M.S. in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University. For more info: http://www.worldbank.org/globalfindex www.YouthEconomicOpportunities.org