... Evaluating the breadth or diver-sity of the financial system should, therefore, involve identifying the existing financial institutions, the existing markets for financial instruments, and the ... valuable information could be obtained by examining changes in the number and types of financial intermediaries, as well as the growth of financial assets in each sector over time, in both nominal ... (in providing savings instruments, in offering credit intermediation, and in providing risk diversification and insurance) and the extent of inter-sectoral linkages that highlight the potential...