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The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank : should Asia have both?
Nehru, Vikram - 2012
This paper examines the complementary and competitive roles of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in … recent efforts at improving aid coordination. With this background, the paper examines the roles of the World Bank and ADB in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627002
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What is the impact of the global financial crisis on the banking system in East Asia?
Pomerleano, Michael - 2009
their banking systems. The main bank support measures - direct capital support, removal and guarantees of bad assets, direct … manage skillfully the lifting of bank support measures. Third, I conduct stress tests of the banking systems. The stress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901398
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Lessons for Asia from Europe's history with banking integration
Elliott, Douglas J. - 2014
mechanisms among their national financial supervisors. It was also a mistake to forbid the European Central Bank from operating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242041
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Is digital financial inclusion good for bank stability and sustainable economic development? : evidence from emerging Asia
Hasanul Banna; Alam, Md Rabiul - 2021
In this current era of the fourth industrial revolution, both the negative and positive effects of financial inclusion raise the question of whether digital finance can be a solution for financial stability through attaining sustainable economic growth or not. Hence, considering the aftermath of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500541
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Whither multilateral development finance?
Wihtol, Robert - 2014
distinct stages. The Bretton Woods conference established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 1944 to finance … advancing fast. The BRICS countries' New Development Bank and related contingent reserve and the PRC's Asian Infrastructure … Investment Bank initiative have added to the pressure for reform, and to the risk of fragmentation. An alternative financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381537
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World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and subregional development banks in Latin America : dynamics of a system of multilateral development banks
Prada, Fernando - 2012
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are an innovative institutional model to channel financing and knowledge to developing countries. In Latin America, the balance of forces between competition and collaboration among MDBs and other sources of development finance have formed a system that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612860
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A comparison of global governance across sectors : global health, trade, and multilateral development finance
Helble, Matthias; Ali, Zulfiqar; Lego, Jera - 2018
To what extent do the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank remain central today …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796983
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Commercial bank innovations in small and medium-sized enterprise finance : global models and implications for Thailand
Tientip Subhanij - 2016
In Thailand, the government has long recognized the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the economy and has given a large amount of financial support to this sector. Still, SMEs are not able to catch up with larger enterprises and the constraints to SME financing remain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522031
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Impacts of free trade agreements on business activity in Asia : the case of Japan
Hirastuka, Daisuke; Sato, Hitoshi; Isono, Ikumo - 2009
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia in recent years. As of December 2008, eight bilateral FTAs and one plurilateral FTA involving Japan have entered into force; additional negotiations are ongoing with several more countries. The proliferation of FTAs in Japan and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901391
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Asian FTAs : trends and challenges
Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2009
Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA) activity. This has sparked concerns about the negative effects of Asian FTAs, including the "noodle bowl" problem. Amid slow progress in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901392