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The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal creditUsing a unique district-level panel dataset, we investigate the effect of banking system penetration on financial inclusion in Ghana...
Banking Financial inclusion Access to creditBook Chapter
The governance of the international monetary systemFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Financial institutions International International economic relationsBook Chapter
Capital account liberalization and managementFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Accounting Capital Financial institutionsBook Chapter
Global monetary co-operation and the exchange rate systemFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Financial institutions International Foreign exchangeBook Chapter
The provision of global liquidity: the global reserve systemFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Financial institutions International International agenciesBook Chapter
A brief history of the international monetary system since Bretton WoodsFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Balance of payments Credit Financial institutionsWorking Paper
Impact of Income and Non-Income Shocks on Child Labour: Evidence from a Panel Survey of TanzaniaThis paper investigates the impact of income and non-income shocks on child labour using a model in which the household maximizes utility from consumption as well as human capital development of the child...
Agriculture Children Econometric models (Economic development)Journal Article
Social Capital, Network Effects, and Savings in Rural VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
Business networks Financial institutions HouseholdsWorking Paper
Does Financial Liberalisation Improve Access to Investment Finance in Developing Countries?This paper considers the effect of financial liberalisation on access to investment finance using firm level data covering 57 developing and transition countries...
Credit Finance Financial institutionsWorking Paper
Social Capital, Network Effects and Savings in Rural VietnamInformation failures are a major barrier to formal financial saving in low income countries...
Business networks Financial institutions HouseholdsBlog
Making Finance the Servant not the Master
Tony Addison Today, there is much frustration with the financial sector. Society’s precious savings are not being put to the best of uses—investing for the social good...
Banking Capitalism Public debtBook Chapter
Into the Void: Governing Finance in Central and Eastern EuropeFrom the book: Economies in Transition
Commercial law Financial institutions Government financingWorking Paper
Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Domestic and Foreign BanksUtilizing the stochastic frontier approach, this study conducts a comparative analysis of profit efficiency and cost inefficiency of commercial banks operating in 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by bank ownership (domestic bank, SSA foreign ba...
Banking Financial institutions Financial institutions, InternationalWorking Paper
Into the Void: Governing Finance in Central and Eastern EuropeTwenty years after the fall of the iron curtain—which for decades had separated East from West—most countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now members of the European Union; some have even adopted the euro...
Commercial law Financial institutions Government financingWorking Paper
Linkages, Access to Finance and the Performance of Small-Scale Enterprises in KenyaMicro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) have become important players in the Kenyan economy, but at the same time they continue to face constraints that limit their development...
Business enterprises Business networks Corporate finance