that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

that well-functioning credit markets would reflect a bank channel for monetary policy at work, we test whether a change in … and the associated change in interest rate does not affect change in bank credit, change in total debt and the proportion … of bank credit in total debt for any of the firms. We discuss the policy implications of the findings. …

; Africa ; Asia …

and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting …

harmful to inequality. We investigate if this relationship is equally compelling for developing countries in Asia where … corruption, inequality and shadow economies are considerably large. We use Panel Least Square and Fixed Effects Models for Asia … economies in South Asia, the income inequality tends to fall. -- corruption ; inequality ; shadow economy ; panel data ; South …