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Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector of Pakistan
Chaudary, Faiza A.; Goergen, Marc; Syed, Shoeb I. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
La Porta et al. (1998) assign Pakistan, a common-law country, the maximum score of 5 for their anti-director rights … index. Pakistan should therefore be a country with good investor protection attracting large amounts of investments. However …, the reality could not be more different. Pakistan has been lagging behind other, comparable Asian economies in terms of …
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Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability : Current Policy Issues
Hannig, Alfred; Jansen, Stefan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
transact small volumes. Although this profile may raise some concerns regarding reputational risks for the central bank and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278058
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Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability : Current Policy Issues
Hannig, Alfred; Jansen, Stefan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
transact small volumes. Although this profile may raise some concerns regarding reputational risks for the central bank and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278157
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Microinsurance in the Philippines : Policy and Regulatory Issues and Challenges
Llanto, Gilbert M.; Almario, Joselito; Llanto-Gamboa, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study assesses the state of micro-insurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing micro-insurance development. The term micro pertains to the capacity of a program to handle the small, sometime irregular cash flows of poor households, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363597
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Misaligned Incentives and Mortgage Lending in Asia
Green, Richard; Mariano, Robert; Pavlov, Andrey; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
financial sector of Asian economies. We put forth a model explaining how misaligned incentives can lead to bank generated real … arising from bank-financed mortgage lending. We conclude with a brief discussion of current MBS markets in Asia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363721
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Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability : Current Policy Issues
Hannig, Alfred; Jansen, Stefan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
volumes. Although this profile may raise some concerns regarding reputational risks for the central bank and consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363822
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Capital Adequacy Regime in India - An Overview
Sarma, Mandira; Nikaido, Yuko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper we present an analytical review of the capital adequacy regime and the present state of capital to risk-weighted asset ratio (CRAR) of the banking sector in India. In the current regime of Basel I, Indian banking system is performing reasonably well, with an average CRAR of about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365421
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650938
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650943
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Corporate Governance Changes in Pakistan’s Banking Sector : Is There a Performance Effect?
Burki, Abid A.; Ahmad, Shabbir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency of 36%, which has decreased at the rate of 5.7% per annum. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363274