Klapper, Leora F.Love, Inessa2013-05-212013-05-212011-10-18World Bank Economic Review1564-698Xdoi:10.1093/wber/lhr044https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13485This article reviews the literature on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development and introduces four symposium articles. A common thread is that information asymmetries are important determinants of access to finance in young entrepreneurial firms. Policy recommendations are proposed that would increase the positive role of entrepreneurship in economic development.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOaccess to financebank financingbanking relationshipseconomic developmenteconomic growthemployment statusentrepreneurentrepreneursexclusionfinancial accessincome groupsinformal financingInformation Asymmetriesinternal fundsInternational Bankloanloan productsnew marketSelf-EmploymentUnionJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/13484