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ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth Evidence from African Countries
Kpodar, Kangni; Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on economic growth in a sample of African countries from 1988 to 2007. Further, we investigate whether financial inclusion is one of the channels through which mobile phone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019587
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Mexico; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper is a wide-ranging survey of the conditions for, and obstacles to, the growth in Mexico. It frames the issue of Mexico’s growth record, and presents the paper’s prior assumptions and approach. It highlights the main observations and conclusions emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245707
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Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Competition in the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note analyzes the competition in the banking sector in Denmark. It reveals that Denmark has a fairly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244565
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Competition in the Financial Sector; Overview of Competition Policies
Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
As in other sectors, competition in finance matters for allocative, productive and dynamic efficiency. Theory suggests …, however, that unfettered competition is not first best given the special features of finance. I review these analytics and … describe how to assess the degree of competition in markets for financial services. Existing research shows that the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826668
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Italy; Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769248
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Privatization and Public Enterprises
Hemming, Richard; Mansoor, Ali M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590918
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Competition Policy for Modern Banks
Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Traditional bank competition policy seeks to balance efficiency with incentives to take risk. The main tools are rules … seek to affect the degree of competition by focusing on market structure (i.e. concentration) may have limited effect. We … argue that bank competition policy should be reoriented to deal with the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) problem. It should also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790360
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Revenue Administration Reforms in anglophone Africa Since the Early 1990's
Kloeden, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Despite positive but mixed progress over two decades, most lower income African countries need to enhance their low tax-to-GDP ratios by mobilizing domestic resources to complement debt relief, donor aid and to achieve the MDG and poverty reduction objectives. With these goals in mind, most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203533
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Determinants of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
Yehoue, Etienne B.; Hammami, Mona; Ruhashyankiko, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the cross-country and cross-industry determinants of public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements. We find that PPPs tend to be more common in countries where governments suffer from heavy debt burdens and where aggregate demand and market size are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826309
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Harmonization of Domestic Consumption Taxes in Central and Western African Countries
Doe, Lubin Kobla - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines the reform of the main domestic consumption taxes initiated by the CEMAC and the WAEMU aimed at reinforcing their economic integration. On the whole, compliance with the VAT is relatively weaker in the CEMAC than in the WAEMU. The opposite applies for excises. Major reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826514