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Overview of financial inclusion, regulation, and education
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Morgan, Peter J. - 2016
Financial inclusion is receiving increasing attention for its potential to contribute to economic and financial development while fostering more inclusive growth and greater income equality. Although substantial progress has been made, there is still much to achieve. East Asia, the Pacific, and...
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Overview of financial inclusion, regulation, financial literacy, and education in Central Asia and South Caucasus
Morgan, Peter J.; Zhang, Yan; Kydyrbayev, Dossym - 2018
Financial inclusion and financial literacy are receiving increasing attention for their potential to contribute to economic and financial development while fostering more inclusive growth and greater income equality. In general, the progress of financial inclusion and financial development in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944262
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Commercial bank innovations in small and medium-sized enterprise finance: Global models and implications for Thailand
Subhanij, Tientip - 2016
success of microfinance around the world, a large number of commercial banks have made a profitable business out of this … sector. This paper explores various business models by commercial banks in microfinance and provides policy implications for … Thailand. By making use of commercial banks' competitive advantage, Thailand can create a more market-friendly environment for …
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The role and effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy
Morgan, Peter - 2009
This paper reviews the effectiveness of unconventional monetary policies and their relevance for emerging markets. Such policies may be useful either when interbank rates fall to zero, or when a credit crunch or rise in risk premium impairs the normal transmission mechanism of monetary policy....
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The case for cash
McAndrews, James Joseph - 2017
Cash is an extremely useful social contrivance. Two possible drawbacks of high-denomination cash have recently been discussed by Kenneth Rogoff in his book The Curse of Cash, and echoed by other economists. They are the extensive use of high-denomination cash by criminals and others engaged in...
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Role of bank lending in financing green projects: A dynamic stochastic general equilibrium approach
Punzi, Maria Teresa - 2018
This paper develops an environmental dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (E-DSGE) model with heterogeneous production sectors. In particular, the model comprises some low-carbon emission firms that finance their investments and production only through banking loans, and high-carbon emission...
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Examining US monetary spillover to Indonesian local currency government bonds in volatile periods
Nugraha, Muhammad Fajar - 2023
This study analyzes the magnitude of the US monetary policy spillover on the Indonesian local currency government bond yield, particularly when the Federal Reserve (Fed) implemented the quantitative easing (QE), tapering off, Fed fund rate (FFR) normalization, and quantitative tightening over...
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Infrastructure investment, private finance, and institutional investors: Asia from a global perspective
Inderst, Georg - 2016
This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and within Asia, and creates a "bigger picture" for the demand and supply of capital for...
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The status of financial inclusion, regulation, and education in India
Barua, Abheek; Kathuria, Rajat; Malik, Neha - 2016
India's financial inclusion agenda has witnessed a paradigm shift over the last decade, away from an emphasis on credit to a more comprehensive approach toward financial services (e.g., opening bank accounts and offering basic financial products, such as insurance). This paper describes the...
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Barriers to innovation in Indian small and medium-sized enterprises
Pachouri, Anshul; Sharma, Sankalp - 2016
Innovation plays a critical role in shaping the industrial and firm competitiveness of any nation. Innovation is often discussed in the setting of developed countries, but the rise of emerging economies such as India has generated a new interest in understanding innovation in developing...
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