Leora Klapper
Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
Leora Klapper is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Research Unit, at the World Bank. Since joining the Bank as a Young Economist in 1998, she has published articles on entrepreneurship, access to finance, corporate governance, risk of financial institutions, and bankruptcy and risk management. Her current research focuses on the impact of financial crises and civil conflict on entrepreneurship, and developing global indicators of financial inclusions. She has over 30 publications, and is currently a member of the Journal of Comparative Economics editorial board, the OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group, and the G-20 Working Group on SME Finance Data Collection. 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.
- 05/20/13 Financial Inclusion in Europe and Central Asia
- 05/09/13 Announcing the launch of the GPFI Basic Set of Financial Inclusion Indicators
- 04/29/13 Financial Inclusion and Legal Discrimination against Women: Evidence from Developing Economies
- 03/14/13 What does firm creation tell us about Europe's recovery from crisis?
- 03/08/13 The Gender Gap in Access to Finance
- 02/19/13 Financial Inclusion in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- 12/13/12 Announcing the launch of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Microdata
- 12/13/12 Announcing the launch of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Microdata
- 12/13/12 New, Individual-Level Data on Financial Inclusion Shows What Drives Ownership and Use of Financial Inclusion
- 10/23/12 Trends in new firm creation through the crisis and into recovery
- 09/13/12 Why are so many Americans unbanked?
- 08/31/12 Answering questions about Global Findex Database
- 08/31/12 Global Findex "Live-Chat", hosted by the "G2012 Mexico Financial Inclusion: Innovative Solutions for Unlocking Access"
- 08/27/12 Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers
- 07/05/12 Nick Kristof on microfinance, banking access and a way out of poverty
- 06/19/12 Data Makes a Difference in Financial Inclusion
- 06/18/12 What the Global Findex Database says about Africa
- 05/18/12 América Latina: la mayoría aún guarda su dinero debajo del colchón
- 05/18/12 Latin America: Most still keep their money under the mattress
- 05/08/12 Counting Financial Inclusion and Debating its Merits
- 05/01/12 The Unbanked in South Asia
- 04/30/12 Join a Live Chat on Measuring Financial Inclusion @ 10am EST, May 2
- 04/19/12 The Global Findex: The first database tracking how adults use financial services around the world
- 04/19/12 The Global Findex: The first database tracking how adults use financial services around the world
- 10/12/11 Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Firm Registration