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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782735703321

Autore

Guha-Khasnobis Basudeb

Titolo

Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction [[electronic resource] /] / by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, George Mavrotas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

1-281-97637-7

9786611976378

0-230-59402-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Studies in Development Economics and Policy, , 1754-9604

Disciplina

332.109172/4

332.1091724

338.90091724

Soggetti

Accounting

Bookkeeping 

Macroeconomics

Development economics

International economics

Poverty

Finance

Accounting/Auditing

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Development Economics

International Economics

Development Aid

Finance, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In association with the United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sources and effectiveness of financial development : what we know and what we need to know / Svetlana Andrianova and Panicos Demetriades -- The poverty-macroeconomic policy nexus : some short-run



analytics / George Mavrotas and S. Mansoob Murshed -- Finance and poverty in Ethiopia : a household-level analysis / Alemayehu Geda, Abebe Shimeles and Daniel Zerfu -- Financial sector development, savings mobilization and poverty reduction in Ghana / Peter Quartey -- Finance and growth : an empirical assessment of the Indian economy / Pranab Kumar Das and Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis -- Does financial openness promote economic integration? / Fabrizio Carmignani and Abdur Chowdhury -- Does financial liberalization influence saving, investment and economic growth? Evidence from 25 emerging market economies, 1973-96 / Niels Hermes and Robert Lensink -- The corporate debt market in India : an analytical study of macroeconomic and institutional issues / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Saibal Kar -- Financial markets and R&D investments : a discrete time model to interpret public policies / Marco Mazzoli -- Financial sector development and total factor productivity growth / Subal C. Kumbhakar and George Mavrotas -- The effects of regional integration : impact on real effective exchange rate volatility, institutional quality and growth for MENA countries / Leonardo Becchetti and Iftekhar Hasan.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a vital reference source for students.