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World Bank InfoFinder 1.0 (Mobile)
September 10, 2010, 12:00am PDT
World Bank InfoFinder On July 1, 2010, a new World Bank Access to Information policy was implemented, making more reports, documents, and data open to the public than ever before. Now nearly all...
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Regulating and Overseeing Mobile Payments: A Payment Systems Perspective
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The Payment System Development Group is at the center of an international network, whose main objective is supporting countries to reform Payments, Remittances and Securities Settlement Systems. A...
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Finance And Economic Opportunity
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
This paper discusses the theory of how financial markets influence economic opportunity and reviews recent empirical work on the relation between formal financial systems and poverty, income...
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World Bank InfoFinder 2011 1.0 (Mobile)
January 6, 2011, 12:00am PST
World Bank InfoFinder On July 1, 2010, a new World Bank Access to Information policy was implemented, making more reports, documents, and data open to the public than ever before. Now nearly all...
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Banking Structures And Financial Stability
March 21, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Under the traditional "Competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking....
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Doing Business at a Glance 1.0 (Mobile)
December 21, 2010, 12:00am PST
Doing Business at a Glance draws on Doing Business 2010 and Doing Business 2011, presenting rankings and quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights...
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Toward A Switchover Of Locomotives In The Global Economy
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The recovery in advanced economies is now exhibiting several signs of fragility and the medium-term growth prospects for these economies also look difficult. Could developing economies "Switch...
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Rebalancing, Growth, And Development In A Multipolar Global Economy
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Reduction of large and persistent external imbalances is currently a key focus of G-20 discussions. The paper argues that in a progressively multipolar world economy, the goals of global...
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Remittances And The Global Financial Crisis
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Migrant remittances are an important source of external finance for developing countries. The current financial crisis is believed to have influenced migrant remittance flows as well as volume and...
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Growth Poles And Multipolarity
June 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper develops an empirical measure of growth poles and uses it to examine the phenomenon of multipolarity. The authors formally define several alternative measures, provide theoretical...
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Saving And Growth In Egypt
January 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
This paper illustrates the mechanisms linking national saving and economic growth, with the purpose of understanding the possibilities and limits of a saving-based growth agenda in the context of...
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The Growth Report And New Structural Economics
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Despite its heavy human, financial, and economic cost, the recent global recession provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the knowledge from several decades of growth research, draw policy...
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International Growth Spillovers, Geography And Infrastructure
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
There is significant academic evidence that growth in one country tends to have a positive impact on growth in neighboring countries. This paper contributes to this literature by assessing whether...
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The Composition Of Growth Matters For Poverty Alleviation
December 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper contributes to explain the cross-country heterogeneity of the poverty response to changes in economic growth. It does so by focusing on the structure of output growth itself. The paper...
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Real Exchange Rates, Saving And Growth: Is There A Link?
October 6, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The view that policies directed at the real exchange rate can have an important effect on economic growth has been gaining adherents in recent years. Unlike the traditional "Misalignment" view...
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Inclusive Growth Analytics : Framework And Application
March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper argues that inclusive growth analytics has a distinct character focusing on both the pace and pattern of growth. Traditionally, applied country-specific poverty and growth analyses have...
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World Bank Results At A Glance 1.0 (Mobile)
April 13, 2011, 12:00am PDT
About the World Bank Results at a Glance Mobile ApplicationThe achievement of tangible results in low- and middle-income countries has long been the World Bank Groups primary goal. Yet the recent...
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South Asia: Growth And Regional Integration
September 14, 2007, 12:00am PDT
South Asia has experienced remarkable growth rate since the 1980s. This growth was triggered by reforms aimed at increasing global integration, improving macroeconomic management, and unleashing...
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Infrastructure And Economic Growth In East Asia
April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines whether infrastructure investment has contributed to East Asia's economic growth using both a growth accounting framework and cross-country regressions. For most of the...
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How Relevant Is Infrastructure To Growth In East Asia?
April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper seeks to shed some light on the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy, telecommunications, water supply, sanitation, and transport - contributed to growth in East Asia...
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Lessons From World Bank Research On Financial Crises
November 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The benefits of financial development and globalization have come with continuing fragility in financial sectors. Periodic crises have had real but heterogeneous welfare impacts and not just for...
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Financial Development In Latin America: Big Emerging Issues, Limited Policy Answers
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper argues that the dominant policy paradigm on financial development is increasingly insufficient to address big emerging issues that are particularly relevant for financial systems in...
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Benchmarking Financial Development
June 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Capitalizing on recent improvements in the availability of cross-country financial sector data, this paper proposes a standard methodology for benchmarking the policy component of financial...
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Does Financial Openness Lead To Deeper Domestic Financial Markets?
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Advanced and emerging market economies have rapidly integrated into international capital markets and this growing globalization of financial markets has led to some important changes in the...
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Finance, Financial Sector Policies, And Long-run Growth
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The first part of this paper reviews the literature on the relation between finance and growth. The second part of the paper reviews the literature on the historical and policy determinants of...
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Deposit Insurance Design And Implementation: Policy Lessons From Research And Practice
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper illustrates the trends in deposit insurance adoption. It discusses the cross-country differences in design, and synthesizes the policy messages from cross-country empirical work as well...
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Bank Capital: Lessons From The Financial Crisis
November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Using a multi-country panel of banks, the authors study whether better capitalized banks fared better in terms of stock returns during the financial crisis. They differentiate among various types...
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The Global Financial Crisis And Development Thinking
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The global financial crisis has not only dealt a major blow to the global economy, but also shaken confidence in economic management in the developed world and the economic models that guide it....
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Financial Transactions Tax: Panacea, Threat, Or Damp Squib ?
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Attempts to raise a significant percentage of gross domestic product in revenue from a broad-based financial transactions tax are likely to fail both by raising much less revenue than expected and...
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Financial Liberalization And Allocative Efficiency Of Capital
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Financial liberalization may have a positive effect on growth not only through the increase in the quantity of the available funds, but also through a more efficient allocation of resources across...
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Financial Development And Survival Of African Agri-food Exports
May 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates the link between export survival of agri-food products and financial development. It tests the hypothesis that financial development differentially affects the survival of...
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Financial Globalization In Emerging Economies: Much Ado About Nothing?
April 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Financial globalization, defined as global linkages through cross-border financial flows, has become increasingly relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the...
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The Impact Of The Financial Crisis On New Firm Registration
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors use panel data on the number of new firm registrations in 95 countries to study the impact of the business environment and 2008 financial crisis on new firm registration. The data show...
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Trade And Financial Sector Reforms: Interactions And Spillovers
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The allocation of production across firms is a potentially important explanation of the productivity gap between rich and poor economies. Reforms to trade policy and the domestic financial sector...
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Of Floods And Droughts: The Economic And Financial Crisis Of 2008
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper provides an overview of the period prior to the recent global crisis, and the policies that were adopted around the world in response to the crisis. It highlights a number of key issues...
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Financial Institutions And Markets Across Countries And Over Time - Data And Analysis
May 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database and presents recent trends in structure and development of financial institutions and...
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The Financial Crisis And Its Impacts On Global Agriculture
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The financial crisis arose in the industrial countries, but has affected developing countries through higher interest rates, sharp changes in commodity prices, and reductions in investment, trade,...
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Revenue Management Effects Related To Financial Flows Generated By Climate Policy
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper discusses possible macroeconomic implications for low-income countries of increased revenue inflows that may follow from implementing certain global greenhouse gas mitigation policies....
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Sudden Stops And Financial Frictions: Evidence From Industry Level Data
March 1, 2011, 12:00am PST
The nature of the microeconomic frictions that transform sudden stops in output collapses is not only of academic interest, but also crucial for the correct design of policy responses to prevent...
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The Potential Impact Of The Global Financial Crisis On World Trade
November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper models the global financial crisis as a combination of shocks to global housing markets and sharp increases in risk premia of firms, households and international investors in a global...
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World Bank at a Glance 1.0 (Mobile)
March 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
The World Bank at a Glance mobile application makes this complex institution accessible. Succinct explanations are supplemented with hyperlinks for deeper information on what interests you.The app...
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World Bank Climate Change DataFinder 2.5 2.5 (Mobile)
November 22, 2011, 12:00am PST
The DataFinder is an app for accessing data on global development indicators from The World Bank Group. This app's features include quick access to a selected subset of indicators on climate...
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World Development Report 2012 1.0 (Mobile)
December 5, 2011, 12:00am PST
The World Development Report (WDR) 2012 App for iPad makes this key World Bank flagship on gender equality and development both accessible and mobile. It lets you easily find the analysis, data,...
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Doing Business at a Glance 2012 1.0 (Mobile)
January 26, 2012, 12:00am PST
Doing Business at a Glance 2012 lets you compare the rankings and indicators from Doing Business 2012 (DB2012) and Doing Business 2011 (DB2011), all without the need for an internet connection....
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World Bank Finances 1.3 (Mobile)
October 7, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Ever wondered what the World Banks doing with its money? Where does the World Bank fund development projects? How much has been disbursed? Are you interested in a specific project in your...
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World Bank EdStats DataFinder 1.0 (Mobile)
September 29, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The World Bank's EdStats DataFinder provides data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources. With over 2,000 indicators of...
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World Bank DataFinder 2.5 2.5 (Mobile)
September 22, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The DataFinder is an app for accessing data on global development indicators from The World Bank Group. This app gives access to a subset of its main development indicators, which include topics...
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World Bank Africa DataFinder 1.1 (Mobile)
August 23, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The AFRICA DataFinder lets you access fifty years of World Bank data on more than 1,700 economic indicators covering 53 African countries, chart and visualize the data, and share those data and...
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World Bank DataFinder 2.0.9 (Mobile)
January 14, 2010, 12:00am PST
The World Bank DataFinder 2.0 lets you access fifty years of World Bank data on more than 1,100 global economic indicators for around 200 countries, chart and visualize that data, and share those...
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Fiscal Policy Instruments For Reducing Congestion And Atmospheric Emissions In The Transport Sector : A Review
June 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper reviews the literature on the fiscal policy instruments commonly used to reduce transport sector externalities. The findings show that congestion charges would reduce vehicle traffic by...
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Making Finance Work For Africa
March 5, 2007, 12:00am PST
There are stirrings of change in African finance, some of them vigorous. Strengthened by an extended wave of reforms over the past decade, financial systems in many African countries have begun to...
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Finance, Inequality And The Poor
January 26, 2007, 12:00am PST
Financial development disproportionately boosts incomes of the poorest quintile and reduces income inequality. About 40% of the long-run impact of financial development on the income growth of the...
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Finance For All? Policies And Pitfalls In Expanding Access
November 6, 2007, 12:00am PST
Financial markets and institutions exist to mitigate the effects of information asymmetries and transaction costs that prevent the direct pooling and investment of society's savings. Financial...
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Finance And Economic Development: Policy Choices For Developing Countries
June 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The empirical literature on finance and development suggests that countries with better developed financial systems experience faster economic growth. Financial development - as captured by size,...
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Creating A More Efficient Financial System: Challenges For Bangladesh
June 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
While Bangladesh has embarked on a path to reform its financial system, most prominently by privatizing its government-owned banks, the Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs), a sustainable...
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On The Financial Sustainability Of Earnings-Related Pension Schemes With "Pay-As-You-Go" Financing And The Role Of Government Indexed Bonds
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors reconsider the idea of an earnings-related pension system with reserves invested in indexed government bonds as a mechanism to both ensure financial sustainability and...
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Microfinance Games
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. From a theoretical perspective, however, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements....
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Household Financial Assets In The Process Of Development
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Systematic information on household financial asset holdings in developing countries is very sparse; the authors review some available data and current policy debates. Although financial asset...
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Do Workers? Remittances Promote Financial Development?
July 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Workers' remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment. This paper uses data on workers' remittance flows to 99 developing...
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Financing Firms In India
August 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The authors examine the legal and business environments, financing channels and governance mechanisms of various types of firms in India, and compare them to those from other countries. Despite...
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A Firm-Level Analysis Of Small And Medium Size Enterprise Financing In Poland
August 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The authors test competing theories of capital structure choices using firm-level data on firm borrowings. The majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro, or Small and...
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Financial System Structure In Colombia: A Proposal For A Reform Agenda
September 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this policy paper is to identify and propose high-level legal and regulatory reforms to Colombia's financial system structure that would enhance efficiency and/or mitigate risks....
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The Basic Analytics Of Access To Financial Services
October 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Access to financial services, or rather the lack thereof, is often indiscriminately decried as problem in many developing countries. This paper argues that the "Problem of access" should rather be...
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Corporate Governance In Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services: Issues And Options
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper reviews Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services (IIFS) Corporate Governance (CG) challenges and suggests options to address them. It first points out the importance of CG for...
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Corporate Governance And Stakeholders? Financial Interests In Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper focuses on the Corporate Governance (CG) arrangements of Institutions offering Islamic Financial Services (IIFS) aimed at protecting stakeholders' financial interests. Many IIFS CG...
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Corporate Governance And Shariah Compliance In Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
The structures and processes established within an Instiution Offering Islamic Financial Services (IIFS) for monitoring and evaluating Shariah compliance rely essentially on arrangements internal...
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Access To Financial Services In Zambia
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Despite the deep financial sector reforms undertaken in Zambia in the early 1990s, the expected benefits of establishing a market-based banking system have not materialized yet. In 2005, the...
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The Macro Financing Of Natural Hazards In Developing Countries
December 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Mahul and Gurenko propose a financial model to address the design of efficient risk financing strategies against natural disasters at the country level. It is simple enough to shed analytical...
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Finance And Hunger: Empirical Evidence Of The Agricultural Productivity Channel
December 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
The authors show that financial sector development significantly reduces undernourishment (hunger). They find evidence of specific financial sector development channels, including increased access...
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The International Financial Integration Of China And India
February 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Three main features characterize the international financial integration of China and India. First, while only having a small global share of privately-held external assets and liabilities (with...
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Firm Innovation In Emerging Markets
March 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors investigate the determinants of firm innovation in over 19,000 firms across 47 developing economies. They define the innovation process broadly, to include not only core...
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Beyond Legal Origin And Checks And Balances: Political Credibility, Citizen Information And Financial Sector Development
March 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
The existing literature emphasizes and contrasts the role of political checks and balances and legal origin in determining the pace of financial sector development. This paper expands...
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Financial Services And Trade Agreements In Latin America And The Caribbean: An Overview
April 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to briefly review the international framework governing trade in financial services, to describe the treatment of financial services in recent trade agreements...
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Public Finance, Governance, And Growth In Transition Economies: Empirical Evidence From 1992-2004
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper revisits the early empirical literature on economic growth in transition economies, with particular focus on fiscal policy variables: fiscal balance and the size of government. The...
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Financing Of The Private Sector In Mexico, 2000-2005: Evolution, Composition And Determinants
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to describe the evolution, composition and determinants of financing to the non-financial private sector in Mexico between 2000 and 2005. Supported by the...
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Financial Intermediation In The Pre-Consolidated Banking Sector In Nigeria
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper uses unique bank-by-bank balance sheet and income statement information to investigate the intermediation efficiency in the Nigerian pre-consolidated banking sector during 2000-2005....
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Economic Information And Finance: More Information Means More Credit, Fewer Bad Loans And Less Corruption
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper builds on recent work that shows how financial sector outcomes are affected by the provision of information by financial and other entities. In particular, it shows that an indicator of...
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Strengthening The Governance And Performance Of State-Owned Financial Institutions
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Corporate governance arrangements define the responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities of owners, boards of directors, and executive managers of a company. Good corporate governance is as...
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Innovative Experiences In Access To Finance: Market Friendly Roles For The Visible Hand?
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Interest in access to finance has increased significantly in recent years, as growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents lower-income households and small firms from...
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Sovereign Natural Disaster Insurance For Developing Countries: A Paradigm Shift In Catastrophe Risk Financing
September 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private...
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