... institutions and their asset positions, and (b) the number of and growth rates of 152This chapter presents an overview of quantitative indicators of financial structure, devel-opment, and soundness. ... network of the banking system, in particular, the total number of branches and the number of branches per thousand inhabitants. A comparison of the distribution of branches between rural and urban ... other indicators of competition. See chapter 4 for a discussion of model-based indicators of competition.6. For an example of the computation of the Herfindahl index, see chapter 15 of the Compilation...