) risk. Using manually collected data from microfinance institutions' financial reporting, I find that the microfinance … sector faces minimal liquidity risk, high interest rate risk and a lower than commonly assumed exposure to FX risk. Linking … risk exposure to institutional characteristics, the data shows that legal status and regional affiliation are correlated …

We propose a toolkit for the assessment of systemic risk buildup in low income countries. We show that, due to non … preliminary assessment of systemic risk buildup in individual SSA countries …

Cross-border capital flows are expected to lead to increased international risk sharing by facilitating borrowing and … lending in global financial markets. This paper examines risk-sharing outcomes of various types of capital flows (foreign … economies. The results suggest that remittances and aid flows are associated with increased international risk sharing. Other …

characterizing feature of microfinance or whether the same risk factors associated with excessive credit growth lead "as in the …

big impact on governance mechanisms, altering the equilibriums among different stakeholders and increasing the risk of …, unless properly supported, once again risk being the ultimate losers …

, limited risk and exposure and little if any correlation with international markets have an anti-cyclical effect. In hard and …