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Structural Volatility in Chile: A Policy Report

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000

This paper identifies Chile`s economic weaknesses and offers policy recommendations for increasing stability. Current problems include weak international financial links, a Central Bank mandate that is ill-designed to deal with terms of trade shocks, a propensity to waste scarce liquidity in the...

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Structural Volatility in Mexico: A Policy Report

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000

This paper surveys Mexico`s economic weaknesses and provides related policy recommendations. Current problems include weak international financial links and external conditions, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, with particularly fragile banks, a weak fiscal...

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The international transmission of monetary policy

Buch, Claudia M.; Bussière, Matthieu; Goldberg, Linda S.; … - 2018

This paper presents the novel results from an internationally coordinated project by the International Banking Research Network (IBRN) on the cross-border transmission of conventional and unconventional monetary policy through banks. Teams from seventeen countries use confidential micro-banking...

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Shooting the messenger of good news: a critical look at the World Bank's success story of effective aid

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …

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Microfinance, commercialisation and ethics

Schmidt, Reinhard H. - 2008

This paper discusses the so-called commercial approach to microfinance under economic and ethical aspects. It first shows how microfinance has developed from a purely welfare-oriented activity to a commercially relevant line of banking business. The background of this stunning success is the...

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Grants versus loans: Much ado about (almost) nothing

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer; Wilfer, Tom - 2005

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Networks of Micro and Small Enterprise Banks: A Contribution to Financial Sector Development

Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Von Pischke, J.D. - 2004

microfinance banks operating in several parts of the world. After discussing why financial sector development is a crucial … present the world's largest and most successful network of microfinance banks. This network is a good example of a well …

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Entwicklungsfinanzierung

Schmidt, Reinhard H. - 2000

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Financing for development: The gap between words and deeds since Monterrey

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2011

of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders …

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