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Looking ahead to the creation of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union in 2010, the paper covers some implications for the statistical programs of the GCC countries. Despite uncertainty over the structure of the proposed union, the paper envisions several types of mutually reinforcing...
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profitability and cost and revenue efficiency of the banking sector are evaluated. The revenue performance of all banks, and …
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This study looks at the first two years of the banking crisis that erupted in Indonesia in late 1997. It finds that the … banking sector was weak at the outset, and that governance problems intensified the crisis and seriously delayed its … in the costs of resolution. By end-1999, the critical elements to reconstruct the banking system were in place, and the …
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In a competitive and dynamic market, financial institutions must forecast the proportion of mortgages that will become delinquent, default or prepay. This paper develops a novel forecasting model with nonstationary Markov chain and Grey forecasting, capable of predicting the likelihood of...
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English Abstract: The openness and liberalization of China's financial market is expected to accelerate with her … entrance to the WTO. China plans to carry out liberalization measures, including the expansion of the Renminbi business scope … financial market more vulnerable to environmental changes. Consequently, China should establish a strong financial system to …
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The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals calls for the elimination of many global challenges related to poverty. The first Sustainable Development Goal – the elimination of poverty – targets the challenges faced by the more than 700 million people who live on less...
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The international emergence and expansion of Islamic finance is an undeniable fact. Significant efforts from all stakeholders including regulatory bodies are currently under way to formulate universal framework, standards and codes of conduct for Islamic finance. This is necessary because of the...
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We examine the question: “In the context of gender dimension what is the evidence of the impact of the financial inclusion programs on poor households represented by women relative to that represented by men?” By constructing a good counterfactual and comparison group, we employ the...
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countries around the globe. One of the major components of Islamic financial system is Islamic Banking. As most of the economies … entrants in Islamic Banking may take benefit of this learning curve …
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Growth in developing Asia will need to rely more on improvements in productivity growth and less on capital deepening. Although there is no single reform path to spur productivity growth, financial system deepening is central to a more efficient allocation of capital across sectors and can...
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