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Capital Inflow Surges in Emerging Economies: How Worried Should LAC Be?
Powell, Andrew; Tavella, Pilar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper analyzes capital inflow surges in emerging economies from 1980 to 2005. Estimated probit models are used, which discriminate well between surges associated with banking crises or recessions, and those surges that end without such events. The results indicate that the composition of...
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Developing an Index of Liquidity-Risk Exposure: An Application to Latin American and Caribbean Banking Systems
Federico, Pablo M. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
After the 2007-2009 global financial crisis and previous financial crises in Latin America, the liquidity-risk exposure of banking systems is considered one of the most important vulnerabilities. At the same time, that exposure may also be the most mysterious of those vulnerabilities, as the...
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Remittances in Times of Financial Instability: Impact of the Financial Crisis on Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Las remesas en tiempos de inestabilidad finan...
Meins, Robert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This document is a supplement to the brochure, Remittances in times of financial instability, and the map of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008, produced by MIF. The document provides a short overview of significant trends affecting remittances and their impact on families,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673688
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Remittances in Times of Financial Instability: Impact of the Financial Crisis on Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean
Meins, Robert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This document is a supplement to the brochure, Remittances in times of financial instability, and the map of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008, produced by MIF. The document provides a short overview of significant trends affecting remittances and their impact on families,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655815
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News, Contagion, and Anticipation: Understanding the Differences between the Asian and the Latin American Crises
Rigobón, Roberto; Wei, Shang-Jin - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
In this paper we argue that the main difference between the crises is their degree of anticipation. In particular the Asian crises was widely unanticipated, while the Argentinean and Brazil crises were anticipated.
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
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ASEAN Open Skies and Its Implications on Airport Development Strategy in Malaysia
Tham, Siew Yean - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper seeks to examine the implication of open skies in ASEAN on the airport development strategy in Malaysia … multilateral basis. The findings show that although Malaysia has invested substantially in overall infrastructure development …) into a regional hub requires Malaysia to undertake several measures to overcome the competitive pressures from neighboring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943901
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Fostering Clusters in the Malaysian Electronics Industry: Comments
Martincus, Christian Volpe - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
on upgrading and differentiation and division of labor in the electronics industry in Malaysia. The methodological …
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ASEAN Open Skies and Its Implications on Airport Development Strategy in Malaysia: Comments
Findlay, Christopher - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Strategy" in Malaysia. It comprises a review of the topics, questions, and analysis in the paper. The presentation puts forward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322747
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ASEAN Open Skies and Its Implications on Airport Development Strategy in Malaysia
Tham, Siew Yean - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Malaysia and the government's role in positioning Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) as a regional hub for air cargo and … passenger services. This document includes an introduction and a series of topics: Open skies in ASEAN; positioning Malaysia as …
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