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What Is the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Banking System in East Asia?
Pomerleano, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2009
East Asia region in the aftermath of the current global financial crisis. The risks in the banking systems in East Asia are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981656
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Managing Capital Flows: The Case of India
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2008
improvements in the size, liquidity and corporate governance of Indian frms. While the system of capital controls appears …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528104
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Impact of Global Recession on Sustainable Development and Poverty Linkages
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Bauer, Armin - eSocialSciences - 2010
use, pollution prevention, and land use in Asia and the associated emissions of greenhouse gases—the principal global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671989
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From Economic Meltdown to Social Crunch – Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Social Capital Building in Developing Countries and What We still Don't Know!
Wong, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper draws on the experiences of the Far East Economic Crisis in 1998 and argues that: (1) the poor depended heavily on bonding social capital during the Crisis, but the crunch-point beyond which they felt no longer able to rely on this is less certain; (2) bridging social capital could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323686
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The Exchange Rate Regime in Asia: From Crisis to Crisis
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Sethy, Anmol; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
durable Bretton Woods II arrangement, Asia then went on to slowly raise flexibility and reduce the role for the US Dollar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599384
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The Future Role of the IMF: Asian Perspectives
Anas, Titik; Friawan, Deni - eSocialSciences - 2008
The financial crisis of 1997 gave the Asian region a very hard lesson on the importance of financial stability. The severity of the crisis and the failure of IMF in assisting these countries became a motivating factor to engage in closer financial cooperation in this region. This paper will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170136
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Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis
McKelvey, Christopher; Thomas, Duncan; Frankenberg, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Substantial international aid is spent reducing the cost of contraception in developing countries, as part of a larger effort to reduce global fertility and increase investment per child worldwide. The importance for fertility behaviors of keeping contraceptive prices low, however, remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319330
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Disentangling the Global Financial Crisis: A Review of the Global Response
Thenuwara, H. N. - eSocialSciences - 2009
At this moment, the world is undergoing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1930s. It is not clear exactly which factors instigated the crisis, but there are many candidates; the formation of an asset bubble in the US, and its subsequent crash, continued excessive consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980010
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The Incidence and Performance Effects of Interlocking Directorates in Emerging Market Business Groups: Evidence from India
De, Bikram - eSocialSciences - 2008
The structure and extent of interlocking directorates within Indian business groups is studied and analyses the performance effects of such interlocks. It finds that large groups tend to have more interlocks and more heterogeneous the group is, lesser are the interlocks. [IGIDR WP-2003-001].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699034
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Auditor and Audit Committee Independence in India
Sarkar, Subrata; Sarkar, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2010
This article reviews the regulations and governance reforms carried out in India with respect to auditor and audit … discussion of the existing research on the effectiveness of audit committees and audit independence in corporate governance … sector are then discussed. The article concludes by suggesting some governance reforms that may be considered to further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690327