In the past three decades, developing countries have made significant economic and social progress, from improved infant mortality rates to higher life expectancy. Yet, 1.3 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty in the developing world, leading policymakers to place a renewed...

This book is among the first to address the issue of assessing the efficiency of sustainable development financing from a theoretical and methodical point of view. The innovative nature of research is expressed through the study of new phenomena in finance including sustainable financial...

1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainability in Finance and Economics -- 3. Sustainable Development Versus Green Banking: Where Is the Link? -- 4. Sustainability, Innovation, and Efficiency: A Key Relationship -- 5. Socially Responsible Financial Markets -- 6. Institutional Investments and Responsible...

2.3. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)2.4. MICMA Analysis; 3. Research Methodology; 3.1. Prioritization and Modeling of the CSFs Using ISM; 3.2. MIMAC Analysis of Each CSF; 4. Analysis and Discussion; 5. Managerial Implications of Research; 6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Strategic Risk...

This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first part provides a review of the evidence on these...

This paper studies the existence of middle-income growth traps in a two-period overlapping generations model of economic growth with two types of labor and endogenous occupational choices. It also distinguishes between "basic" and "advanced" infrastructure, with the latter promoting design...

This paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second part presents a gender-based, three-period OLG model that accounts for women's time allocation...

This paper studies interactions between access to finance, product innovation, and labor supply in a two-period overlapping generations model with an endogenous skill distribution and credit market frictions. In the model lack of access to finance (induced by high monitoring costs) has an...