The Vietnamese government has been conducting economic and administrative reforms to create a sustain market conditions for the growth of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam since 1986. In fact, the inconsistency in the government policy, slow pace of market reform, insufficient...

Although academics, civil servants and non-governmental organizations involved in development have continued to promote policies for local economies, many localities fail to catch up with average national development patterns. The body of knowledge on this topic has been split into two parts:...

My purpose is to address broadly the role of finance in economic development and make some recommendations in the context of Africa. As a financial economist, I have devoted my entire career to helping promote knowledge in the field of finance, but with no particular regional emphasis. My...