The quot;Asian Crisisquot; of 1997-98 affected all the quot;emerging marketsquot; open to capital flows. Measures of corporate governance, particularly the effectiveness of protection for minority shareholders, explain the extent of exchange rate depreciation and stock market decline better than...

The "Asian Crisis" of 1997-98 affected all the "emerging markets" open to capital flows. Measures of corporate governance, particularly the effectiveness of protection for minority shareholders, explain the extent of depreciation and stock market decline better than do standard macroeconomic...

The quot;Asian Crisisquot; of 1997-98 has affected almost all the quot;emerging marketsquot; open to capital flows. Measures of corporate governance, particularly the effectiveness of protection for minority shareholders, explain the extent of stock market decline better than do standard...

We conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of...

A new CEP report says that the financial system has become far more complicated than it need to be - and dangerously unstable too

We conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of...