Levine, RossBeck, ThorstenDemirgüç-Kunt, Asli2012-03-302012-03-302010-02-15World Bank Economic Review1564-698Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4515This article introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database. The database includes indicators on the size, efficiency, and stability of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and equity and bond markets over 1960–2007. It also contains indicators of financial globalization.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGObondbond marketsdepositsequityequity marketsfinancefinancial crisisfinancial developmentfinancial institutionsfinancial sector indicatorsfinancial systemglobalizationinternational bankinternational bondinternational bond issuesinternational economicsloansmarketspovertyremittanceMicrodata SetFinancial Institutions and Markets across Countries and over TimeThe Updated Financial Development and Structure DatabaseJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/4515