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Beck, Thorsten; Cull, Robert - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services and the importance of financing constraints for African enterprises. The paper compares access to finance in Africa and other developing regions of the world, within Africa across countries, and across...

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A review of credit guarantee schemes in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Saadani, Youssef; Arvai, Zsofia; Rocha, Roberto - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

Many countries in the MENA region have established partial credit guarantee schemes to facilitate SME access to finance. These schemes can play an important role, especially in a period where MENA governments are making efforts to improve the effectiveness of credit registries and bureaus and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863027

Small and medium enterprises : a cross-country analysis with a new data set

Ardic, Oya Pinar; Mylenko, Nataliya; Saltane, Valentina - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, there has been an increased interest in the role of small and medium enterprises in job creation and economic growth. However the lack of consistent indicators at the country level restricts extensive cross-country analyses of lending...

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Funding vs. real economy shock : the impact of the 2007-2009 crisis on small firms'credit availability

Berg, Gunhild; Kirschenmann, Karolin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact of two distinct shocks stemming from the cross-border transmission of the 2007-2009 crisis on credit availability for small firms. The paper uses data from AccessBank Azerbaijan which was affected in its liquidity position during the second and third quarters of...

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External finance and firm survival in the aftermath of the crisis : evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Clarke, George R.G.; Cull, Robert; Kisunko, Gregory - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

Two data sets are used to study how country and firm characteristics affected firms'financial constraints and their likelihood of survival during the early phase of the recent global financial crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a region that was especially hard hit. The first data source...

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Benchmarking the financial performance, growth, and outreach of greenfield microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cull, Robert; Harten, Sven; Nishida, Ippei; Bull, Greta - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the presence and growth of greenfield microfinance institutions in … Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses regressions to benchmark those African greenfields relative to other microfinance … comparable to the top microfinance institutions, and substantially increased their lending to women. The effects were especially …

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Foreign bank subsidiaries'default risk during the global crisis : what factors help insulate affiliates from their parents ?

Anginer, Deniz; Cerutti, Eugenio; Peria, Martinez; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This paper examines the association between the default risk of foreign bank subsidiaries and their parents during the global financial crisis, with the purpose of understanding what factors can help insulate affiliates from their parents. The paper finds evidence of a significant positive...

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The impact of credit information sharing reforms on firm financing?

Peria, Martinez; Soledad, Maria; Singh, Sandeep - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of introducing credit information-sharing systems on firms'access to finance. The analysis uses multi-year, firm-level surveys for 63 countries covering more than 75,000 firms over the period 2002-13. The results reveal that credit bureau reforms, but not credit...

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Monitoring financial stability in developing and emerging economies : practical guidance for conducting macroprudential analysis

Dijkman, Miquel - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, interest in systemic risk has surged among academics and policy makers. The mitigation of systemic risk is now widely accepted as the fundamental underlying concept for the design of the post-crisis regulatory agenda. Effective mitigation requires...

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Formal versus informal finance : evidence from China

Ayyagari, Meghana; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Maksimovic, Vojislav - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

China is often mentioned as a counterexample to the findings in the finance and growth literature since, despite the weaknesses in its banking system, it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The fast growth of Chinese private sector firms is taken as evidence that it is...

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