became more frequent since the Global Financial Crisis, especially in emerging markets such as China and India, but also …This paper revisits trends in bank privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the past 25 years. Building on … a novel data set of privatization events for 70 developed and developing countries, it shows that bank privatization …

schooling of children in poor families. As in other areas of policy, effective responses to a crisis require sound data and must … crisis-macroeconomic stabilization, trade policies, financial sector policies and social protection-cannot ignore longer …"The benefits of financial development and globalization have come with continuing fragility in financial sectors …

credit ratings proved so inaccurate, and why it is superficial to blame the crisis on mark-to-market accounting, an … implications of the crisis for Basel II and its implementation. The paper argues that the principal source of financial instability … root causes of the crisis, distinguishing them from scapegoating explanations that have been used in policy circles to …

"The recent global financial crisis has shaken the confidence of developed and developing countries alike in the very … blueprint of financial and macro policies that underlie the western capitalist systems. In an effort to contain the crisis from … longer term policy responses to crisis management, this paper draws on a large body of research evidence and country …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns … using an international sample of 1,334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2007 financial crisis. Expansion into non …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …