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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008

Samoa, 2008
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WSM_2008_HIES_v01_M
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Bureau of Statistics
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Apr 25, 2019
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Getting Credit - Private bureau coverage (% of adults) (gc_pbc)

Data file: WLD_2010_DB_v01_M

Overview

Valid: 1189
Invalid: 275
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 100
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Description

Definition
The private credit bureau coverage indicator reports the number of individuals and firms listed by a private credit bureau with information on their borrowing history from the past 5 years. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population (the population age 15 and above in 2009 according to the World Bank’s World Development Indicators). A private credit bureau is defined as a private firm or nonprofit organization that maintains a database on the creditworthiness of borrowers (individuals or firms) in the financial system and facilitates the exchange of credit information among banks and financial institutions. Credit investigative bureaus and credit reporting firms that do not directly facilitate information exchange among banks and other financial institutions are not considered. If no private bureau operates, the coverage value is 0.