stock market listing, including private placements and private equity. Finally, we propose some recommendations for a simple … legal and regulatory framework that will help promote access to primary equity markets, via both the traditional exchange as … well as other alternatives. "--World Bank web site …

--is part of a larger effort in the group to study the effects of bank privatization in developing countries"--World Bank web …

Institutions; and iv) Community Banks and Commercial banks' rural operations. Volume 3 (Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Markets …

' presence in many countries in the region and more globally, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) needed to overhaul its … Nigeria in the aftermath of the 2009 Nigerian banking crisis. This together with new market expansion opportunities gave an … Nigerian banks have expanded abroad, primarily within West and Central Africa over the recent years. Banks in Nigeria with …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns … banks, however, attract most of their short-term funding in the form of non-deposits at a cost of enhanced bank fragility … risky, which is consistent with the demise of the U.S. investment banking sector. "--World Bank web site …

ADR listings of local firms might not negatively affect local markets if the investment climate is good. "--World Bank web …