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Financial inclusion in Asia : an overview

Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten - 2015

This paper provides an analysis of financial development and inclusion in developing Asia using data from a wide array of sources. We show that in terms of aggregate measures of financial development, the region as a whole has superior banking sector depth compared to other developing regions;...

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Assessing mandated credit programs : case study of the Magna Carta in the Philippines

Khor, Niny; Jacildo, Ryan; Tacneng, Ruth - 2015

financial institutions represented over 90% of total finance sector assets in the Philippines. We highlight three important …

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Impact evaluation of support to collective action for agricultural value chain development in Nepal

Raitzer, David A.; Batmunkh, Odbayar - 2022

Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...

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Financial inclusion: new measurement and cross-country impact assessment

Park, Cyn-Young; Mercado, Rogelio V. <Jr.> - 2018

This paper introduces a new index of financial inclusion for 151 economies using principal component analysis to compute weights for aggregating nine indicators of access, availability, and usage. It then assesses the impact of financial inclusion on poverty and income inequality. The results...

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Closing development gaps : challenges and policy options

Brooks, Douglas Howard (contributor) - 2010

external trade and finance - including foreign direct investment, remittances, and aid - play a critical role. It is therefore …

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Fiscal management in Myanmar

Oo, Zaw; Joelene, Cindy; Minoletti, Paul; Phoo Pwint Phyu; … - 2015

Past governments in Myanmar presided over a system generally characterized by weak fiscal management, but this has recently changed with the present government restoring a measure of fiscal discipline, reorienting fiscal priorities, and establishing a clear set of fiscal objectives in the...

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Housing and housing finance : a review of the links to economic development and poverty reduction

Doling, John; Vandenberg, Paul; Tolentino, Jade - 2013

The paper provides a review of the literature that links housing, housing finance, and economic development. The …, constituting the most valuable asset owned by most households and often requiring housing finance (mortgages) to allow for purchase …. These links - between housing and the economy and between housing and housing finance - are explored in this review paper …

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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and financial development : evidence from emerging Asia

Brooks, Douglas Howard; Juthathip Jongwanich - 2011

The paper examines the relationship between cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financial development in emerging Asian economies. Bilateral data of cross-border M&A for nine emerging Asian economies during 2000-2009 are analyzed with a sample selection model and panel data model....

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Firm investment, liquidity, and bank health : a panel study of Asian firms in the 2000s

Ogawa, Kazuo - 2013

uncertainty regarding the ability to obtain external funds may have induced firms to rely on internal funds to finance investment …

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Heterogeneous effect of uncertainty on corporate investment : evidence from listed firms in the Republic of Korea

Kim, Cheonkoo; Park, Jungsoo; Park, Donghyun; Tian, Shu - 2022

In this paper, we analyze the effect of financial uncertainty on corporate investment using firm-level panel data from the Republic of Korea. We find that financial uncertainty has a significant negative effect on corporate investment, and that the effect is heterogeneous across firms of...

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