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Does higher openness cause more real exchange rate volatility ?
Calderón, César - 2009
exchange rate volatility, and (b) trade and financial openness may have a potential role of mitigating and/or amplifying real … openness to exacerbate or mitigate real exchange rate volatility. The authors collected information on the real effective …) High real exchange rate volatility is the result of highly volatile productivity shocks, and sharp oscillations in monetary …
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Credit risk measurement under Basel II : an overview and implementation issues for developing countries
Stephanou, Constantinos - 2005
"The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the changes in the calculation of minimum regulatory capital requirements for credit risk that have been drafted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II). Even though the revised credit capital rules represent a dramatic...
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Does inflation targeting matter for output growth? : evidence from industrial and emerging economies
Varella Mollick, Andre - 2008
"This paper examines the effects of inflation targeting on industrial and emerging economies' output growth over the "globalization years" of 1986-2004. Controlling for trade openness and two indicators of financial globalization, the authors find systematic positive and significant effects of...
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Is there room for foreign exchange interventions under an inflation targeting framework? : Evidence from Mexico and Turkey
Domaç, Ilker - 2004
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Good Practices in National Systems for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment : A Literature Review
World Bank - 2022
National systems for environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) are designed to improve the environmental and social performance of projects and support countries' sustainable development strategies. The objectives of this Literature Review are to identify trends, findings and gaps in...
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Enhancing Development Benefits to Local Communities from Hydropower Projects : A Literature Review
World Bank - 2013
The World Bank began a three-year pilot initiative to develop a framework for enhancing development benefits to local communities in hydropower projects. There has been a wide array of approaches in the past two decades that all have in common the objective of designing and implementing means...
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Gender in Russia : A Review of Literature (Based on Domestic Publications, 1993-2003)
World Bank - 2013
This study examines the gender profile of the Russian Federation through a comprehensive review of the current literature (1248 publications on gender issues throughout the transition decade) on the conditions of women and men and on the gender disparities in a number of indicators. The report...
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Microfinance games
Gine, Xavier (contributor) - 2006
"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion,...
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Improving credit information, bank regulation, and supervision : on the role and design of public credit registries
Majnoni, Giovanni (contributor) - 2004
"Powell, Mylenko, Miller, and Majnoni analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank supervision and to improve the quality of credit analysis by financial institutions. Empirical tests using public credit registry (PCR) data were performed in collaboration with...
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The emerging project bond market : covenant provisions and credit spreads
Dailami, Mansoor - 2003
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