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Bank insolvencies, regulatory forbearance and ambiguity

Vinogradov, Dmitri V. - 2006 - This version: September 14, 2006

stochastic policy mix lead to suboptimal allocations if banks do not internalize insolvency costs. The policy of forbearance may … make banks internalizing such costs and improves the efficiency of intermediation. …

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Malaysia's economic success story and challenges

Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Nixon, Stewart; … - 2017

Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and commodity exports to become a more diversified, modern and open economy. GDP per capita is now higher than in a number of OECD economies, while poverty and income inequality have...

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Enabling civil society for sustainable development : select survey findings

Wood, Jacqueline; Fällman, Karin - 2019

Civil society and civil society organisations (CSOs) are important to development co-operation, both as implementing partners for members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), and as development actors in their own right. Agenda 2030 is clear on the necessity of mobilising CSOs to...

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Efficiency and contestability in the Colombian banking system

Daude, Christian; Pascal, Julien - 2015

Despite progress in the past decade, financial markets in Colombia remain relatively small and shallow. In particular the banking system suffers high intermediation costs, which limit constrains access to finance by households and firms. This paper explores some of the causes behind these...

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Household debt in OECD countries : stylished facts and policy issues

André, Christophe - 2016

Household debt has risen markedly since the turn of the century and stands at a historically high level in most OECD countries. This paper offers an overview of developments in household debt over the past decades across a large sample of OECD countries, highlighting both common trends and...

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Costa Rica : boosting productivity to sustain income convergence

Pisu, Mauro - 2016

governance of state-owned enterprises and creating a level-playing fields between state-owned and private banks; 3) enhance the …

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Betting the house in Denmark

Smidova, Zuzana - 2016

The Danish financial sector is big and there is a high degree of inter-connectedness between banks, mortgage …

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Financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific

Messy, Flore-Anne; Monticone, Chiara - 2016

A number of factors and trends have driven the development of financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific in recent years. In some countries and economies, the development of financial education policies has been mostly spurred by high levels of financial exclusion, both among...

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Making the banking sector more resilient and reducing household debt in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Havrylchyk, Olena; Beynet, Pierre - 2014

Dutch banks were put under heavy strains early in the global downturn and have comparatively weak financial buffers to … adverse shocks. Banks are very large relative to the size of the domestic economy, have sizeable cross-border exposures and … taxpayer and the regulator’s tools available to reduce risks should be expanded. In particular, banks should set aside …

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Deconstructing Canada's housing markets : finance, affordability urban sprawl

Cheung, Calista - 2014

House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs. Although macro-prudential tightening has slowed the pace of household borrowing in the last few years, house prices have continued to trend...

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