Finance & Development, March 2003

Finance & Development, March 2003
Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2003-03-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451953356

This paper analyzes why the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has lagged in growth and globalization. Despite attempts to spur recovery and initiate structural reforms, many countries in the region remain on a slow growth path, effectively sidelined from globalization and the benefits of closer economic integration with the rest of the world. The benefits from oil failed to generate a sustained growth dynamic or bring about greater regional economic integration. The paper highlights that the slowdown in economic reforms is a key factor for the economic depression in the MENA region.

Global Development Finance 2003

Global Development Finance 2003
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780821354285

This publication is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. It also contains the Bank's projections of the global outlook in light of current global geopolitical uncertainties. It describes a fundamental shift that has occurred in the pattern of private sector financial flows to developing countries. Debt flows have fallen sharply, while equity flows have remained comparatively robust. This shift from debt to equity should diminish the volatility of developing countries' external finance and improve their access to technology, markets, and management expertise. Recovery though has been weak due to broader geopolitical and financial market uncertainties.

Finance for Development

Finance for Development
Author: Barbara Stallings
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2006-03-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780815797913

A Brookings Institution Press and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) publication Access to finance is critical in setting the course for development in emerging market economies. In this innovative study, which provides the first book-length analysis of the Latin American financial sector, Barbara Stallings and Rogerio Studart examine the dramatic changes resulting from financial liberalization in the region. The authors begin by discussing the critical transformations taking place in Latin America since 1990—a period marked by acceleration toward a new open, market-oriented development model, and away from a semi-closed model relying heavily on the state. Stallings and Studart examine changes in ownership of the financial sector and government regulation of banking, evaluate the role of capital markets as a source of finance, and compare Latin America's financial sector to that of East Asia. The second section of the book features case studies that demonstrate the changes occurring in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil with particular reference to finance for investment and access to credit. The authors conclude with a set of policy recommendations aimed at strengthening Latin American banks and capital markets so that they can play a greater role in supporting economic development.

Toward New Horizons

Toward New Horizons
Author: Mr.Harald Finger
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-04-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484311469

The changing political landscape in the Arab world has created opportunities for economic transformation by tackling long-standing economic issues. Nevertheless, three years after the onset of political transition, implementing necessary economic policies has proven to be challenging. This paper lays out key elements of economic policy reform for Arab countries in transition.

Environmental Finance and Development

Environmental Finance and Development
Author: Sanja Tišma
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415586097

This book presents an overview of five European national environmental strategies and action plans, with a strong focus on environmental financing. There is particular focus on the water, waste and air sectors, but these are analyzed in relation to other environmental protection measures at the national and regional level including agriculture, forestry, regional development, energy and transport. This analysis of environmental financing encompasses policy in three EU member states - Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia and two states at ...

Municipalities and Finance

Municipalities and Finance
Author: Nick Devas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2012-06-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136560777

Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints. The ideas come from real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil, Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere. Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services, budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance. This is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.

Micro Success Story?

Micro Success Story?
Author: Nimal A. Fernando
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9715615414

The study examines the ownership structure, expectations, and achievements of microfinance institutions that have been established by transforming nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Although the number of such institutions is low, they have had a catalytic effect and major influence on the microfinance industry.

Alternative Development Finance and Parallel Development Strategies in the Asia-Pacific

Alternative Development Finance and Parallel Development Strategies in the Asia-Pacific
Author: Jin Sheng
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1800882920

This insightful book examines the impact of two competing visions of Asian-Pacific economic growth paths and development governance. It discusses law, development and finance in the context of the Indo-Pacific Strategy versus the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), whilst also comparing parallel development financing systems.