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Online-Ressource (368 p.)
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Language: English
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Main Objectives and Structure of This Report; The Region's Weak Growth and Employment Performance and Its Main Causes; The Region's Long-Run Growth Agenda and the Role of the Financial Sector; The Region's Excessively Bank-Based and Undiversified Financial Systems; Large Banking Systems but Poor Access Outcomes; Main Factors Limiting Access to Finance in the Region; A Roadmap for Expanding Access and Preserving Stability; Notes; References; Chapter One: Introduction
The Main Lessons of the Global Financial Crisis for the Middle East and North AfricaThe Fragile Recovery and Long-Run Financial Development Agenda; Main Objectives and Approach of the Report; Building Blocks of the Report; Structure of the Report; Notes; References; Chapter Two: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis and Regional Political Instability on Regional Financial Systems; Impact on Regional Equity and Bond Markets; Impact on Regional Banking Systems; Challenges to the Fragile Credit and Output Recovery; Notes; References
Chapter Three: The Size and Structure of Regional Financial SystemsA Bird's Eye View of MENA's Financial Systems; International Comparison of Financial Systems; Notes; References; Chapter Four: Do Financial Systems in the Region Provide Access?; Enterprise-Level Indicators of Access; Bank-Level Indicators of Access; Microcredit Outreach; Access to Other Financial Services; Notes; References; Chapter Five: Main Factors Limiting Access to Finance; Main Factors Hindering Access to Finance; Policy Interventions to Expand Access: Have They Been Effective?; Summing Up; Notes; References
Chapter Six: Financial InfrastructureCredit Reporting Systems; Collateral Regimes; Insolvency Regimes; Notes; References; Chapter Seven: The Banking System: The Challenge of Expanding Access to Finance While Preserving Stability; Structure of MENA Banking Systems; Performance of Banking Systems; Resilience of Banking Systems; Main Regulatory and Supervisory Issues; Notes; References; Chapter Eight: Why Have Nonbank Financial Institutions Not Developed in the Region?; The Insurance Sector; Pension Funds; Mutual Funds; Leasing; Factoring; Notes; References; Chapter Nine: Capital Markets
Fixed-Income MarketsEquity Markets; Notes; References; Chapter Ten: An Agenda for Financial Development with Financial Stability; Main Elements of the Proposed Agenda; First Things First: Strengthening Financial Infrastructure; Strengthening Bank Competition; Developing Nonbanking Financial Institutions; Developing Capital Markets; Improving the Provision of Long-Term Finance; Improving the Effectiveness of Policy Interventions; The Financial Stability Agenda; Notes; References; Appendixes; A Statistical Benchmarking; B Stock Price Synchronicity; C Statistical Appendix; Boxes
1.1 Financial Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8835-8 ; 978-0-8213-8856-3 ; 978-0-8213-8835-8
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ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW
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