Die hohen Wachstumsraten und die günstigen makroökonomischen Indikatoren der asiatischen Länder, die jetzt in einer Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise stecken, boten lange Zeit Rahmenbedingungen, die Kapital - in Form von privaten Direktinvestitionen, Portfolioinvestitionen und Bankkrediten -...

Die Krise des Bankhauses Baring wurde von Spekulationen mit Derivaten, in diesem Fall mit Futures und Optionen ausgelöst. Sie stellt einen Einschnitt in der Entwicklung der Finanzmärkte dar, denn sie hat neue Risiken deutlich gemacht. Um ähnliche - möglicherweise noch weitreichendere -...

The economic crisis of the West highlights a number of issues related to the EU architecture, this house originally designed to make war impossible in a parti-coloured continent where no power is big enough to impose peace by its own. In time, the European house expanded to the point that the...

Studies the role and functioning of mobile bankers (" tontiniers"). Includes a case study of a credit and savings association founded in 1971 in Cotonou and called "Operation 71".

Provides an overview of the approaches central banks in developing Asia have taken towards promoting economic stability and employment. It looks at ways central banks are concerned with labour market outcomes, and what central bank policies have done to promote employment. The paper also...

Based on a survey of 45 moneylenders carried out in the Dakar and Saint-Louis regions in 1989.

Based on a survey of 63 "mobile bankers" and 83 of their customers conducted in 1992.

Describes and assesses micro-finance schemes operating in the Kalookan City, Quezon City and Marikina.