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Capital markets in sub-Saharan AfricaCapital markets facilitate capital growth by mobilizing savings and converting them into investments, and they are therefore a stimulant of economic growth. There is evidence that countries with high savings rates tend to grow faster...
Capital market Domestic savings InvestmentsBlog
Cost of Capital: The Real Price of Green Energy
4 July 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén In recent years the price of green energy technology has come down dramatically. This means that European investments in renewable energy can be very competitive...
Capital Capital market Cost effectivenessWorking Paper
The Case for an Intermediate Exchange Rate Regime with Endogenizing Market Structures and Capital Mobility: The Empirical Study of BrazilSet in the context of the recent theoretical and policy debates on appropriate exchange rate regimes for emerging market economies in a world of free capital mobility, the paper attempts to present the case for an intermediate exchange rate regime, d...
Capital Capital market Foreign exchangeBlog
Wealth Distribution, the Financial Crisis and EntrepreneurshipWim Naudé and James C. MacGee Globally, wealth is very unequally distributed, both within countries and between countries...
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Capital market EntrepreneurshipBlog
Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development: Looking at the MDGs from a Different Angle?
George Mavrotas While recent years have witnessed new interest in the finance–growth nexus, the relationship between domestic resource mobilization and financial development remains relatively unexplored...
Banking Capital market Financial institutionsWorking Paper
Political Regime, Private Investment, and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing CountriesThis paper uses annual aggregate data for 36 low or middle income countries covering the period 1995-2001 to investigate the effect of FDI on private investment...
Capital market Finance Institutional economicsBook
Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial DevelopmentThis significant and timely volume offers crucial insights into the constantly evolving debate within the international development community regarding the mobilization of domestic resources and the crucial role that financial development can and sho...
Banking Capital market Financial institutionsBook Chapter
Financial Reform and the Mobilization of Domestic Savings: The Experience of MoroccoFrom the book: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
Capital market Financial institutions Saving and investmentBook Chapter
Financial Sector Development and Growth: The Chinese ExperienceFrom the book: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
Capital market Economic development Financial institutionsBook Chapter
The Corporate Debt Market in India: An Analytical Study of Macroeconomic and Institutional IssuesFrom the book: Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Capital market Corporations ManufacturingBook Chapter
Institutional Analysis of Financial Market Fragmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Risk-Cost Configuration ApproachFrom the book: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
Capital market Financial institutions Institutional economicsBook Chapter
Stock Market Development and Economic GrowthFrom the book: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
Capital market Economic development Financial institutionsBook Chapter
Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development: IntroductionFrom the book: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
Banking Capital market Financial institutionsBook Chapter
International Risk Tolerance, Capital Market Failure and Capital Flows to Emerging MarketsFrom the book: Advancing Development
Capital market International finance Risk managementBook Chapter
International Finance and the Developing World: The Next Twenty YearsFrom the book: Advancing Development
Capital market Economic development International financeWorking Paper
Stock Market Development and Economic GrowthSince the 1990s economists have devoted considerable attention to the study of the relationship between financial markets development and economic growth...
Capital market Economic development Financial institutions