Financial Outlook of the OIC Member Countries 2017
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Figure 17: Bank Accounts per 1,000 Adults
Source: Authors’ calculation from the World Bank Database
These figures simply indicate that Low income group of OIC countries need to develop their
markets to increase financial inclusion in order to support their economic growth and poverty
reduction.
Another indicator used to measure financial access is the number of bank branches per
100,000 adults which refers to the number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults
in an economy.
Figure 18: Bank Branches per 100,000 Adults
Source: Authors’ calculation from the World Bank Database
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