IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rfa/aefjnl/v2y2015i3p85-91.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Intermediation for Development: A New Index with a New Prospect

Author

Listed:
  • Ali Massoud

Abstract

This paper presents a construction of a new index that measures the role of banks in supporting pro-development activities and poverty alleviation. The index is called ¡°Intermediation for Development Index (IFDI)¡±. It consists of four sub-indices (dimensional indices). The first sub-index is the Size Index (SI). It measures the size of a bank by its total assets and total deposits. The second sub-index is the Financial Intermediation Index (FII). It measures the function of a bank as a financial intermediary. The third sub-index is the Financial Orientation Index (FOI). It measures to what extent a bank is oriented to corporate vs. retail finance. The fourth sub-index is the Regional Orientation Index (ROI). It measures to what extent a bank is oriented to provide finance to the poorest region in the country.

Suggested Citation

  • Ali Massoud, 2015. "Intermediation for Development: A New Index with a New Prospect," Applied Economics and Finance, Redfame publishing, vol. 2(3), pages 85-91, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:aefjnl:v:2:y:2015:i:3:p:85-91
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/aef/article/view/910/852
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/aef/article/view/910
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    financial intermediation; intermediation of development index; banks; and financial intermediaries;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:rfa:aefjnl:v:2:y:2015:i:3:p:85-91. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Redfame publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/cepflch.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.