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  "title": "Chart of the Week: Access to Banking Services",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, February 20, 2017",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication: Chart of the Week\n- Topic: Financial services; access to banking services across economies\n- Platform and date: iMFdirect, February 20, 2017\n- Visual credit: Photo (Tommaso79/iStock by Getty Images)"
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      "heading": "Key findings and statistics",
      "content": "- Many people in advanced economies have multiple bank accounts.\n- There are barely two bank accounts for every ten people in low-income economies."
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      "heading": "Analysis emphasis",
      "content": "- Access to financial services is essential to spread the fruits of economic growth to all, not just to the fortunate few.\n- The content highlights the disparity in banking access between advanced and low-income economies."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and further actions",
      "content": "- Necessary reforms in low-income economies can be tweaked or completed by measures designed to ensure a win-win for both the rich and the poor in those economies.\n- Suggested follow-ups in the original content:\n  - Blog by Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director\n  - Staff note on macro-structural policies and inequality in low-income countries\n\nSource: Chart of the Week: Access to Banking Services (iMFdirect, February 20, 2017).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/engfeb2sprlicssdn2.jpg\n- Blog\n- Staff note\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2017/02/20/chart-of-the-week-access-to-banking-services"
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    "Authors: iMFdirect",
    "Published: February 20, 2017",
    "Publication: Chart of the Week",
    "Topic: Financial services; access to banking services across economies",
    "Platform and date: iMFdirect, February 20, 2017",
    "Visual credit: Photo (Tommaso79/iStock by Getty Images)",
    "Many people in advanced economies have multiple bank accounts.",
    "There are barely two bank accounts for every ten people in low-income economies.",
    "Access to financial services is essential to spread the fruits of economic growth to all, not just to the fortunate few.",
    "The content highlights the disparity in banking access between advanced and low-income economies.",
    "Necessary reforms in low-income economies can be tweaked or completed by measures designed to ensure a win-win for both the rich and the poor in those economies.",
    "Suggested follow-ups in the original content:",
    "[https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eng_feb_2_spr_lics_sdn_2.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/eng_feb_2_spr_lics_sdn_2.jpg)",
    "[Blog](https://blogs.imf.org/2017/01/26/the-fruits-of-growth-economic-reforms-and-lower-inequality/)",
    "[Staff note](http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Staff-Discussion-Notes/Issues/2017/01/26/Macro-Structural-Policies-and-Income-Inequality-in-Low-Income-Developing-Countries-44526)"
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