1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783453503321

Titolo

E-development : : from excitement to effectiveness / / edited by Robert Schware

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2005

ISBN

1-280-24516-6

9786610245161

0-8213-6443-X

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 168 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwareRobert <1952->

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Technology and state - Developing countries

Information society - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Overview: E-Development: From Excitement to Effectiveness; Chapter 1 Look Before You Leap: The Bumpy Road to E-Development; Chapter 2 Creating the "Right" Enabling Environment for ICT; Chapter 3 E-Strategies for Development; Chapter 4 The Elusive Quest for E-Leadership; Chapter 5 The Basic Building Blocks of E-Government; Chapter 6 Beyond Secondary Education; Chapter 7 The Role of International Cooperation in E-Development; Annex 1 Regression Results for the Determinants of E-Development

Annex 2 Selected List of National E-StrategiesReferences

Sommario/riassunto

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being recognized as essential tools of development-tools that can empower poor people, enhance skills, increase productivity and improve governance at all levels. The success of ICT-enabled development (or e-development) will thus not be measured by the diffusion of technology, but by advances in development itself: economic growth and, ultimately, achievement of the Millenium Development Goals. This volume examines a wide range of issues related to e-development, with a focus on the requirements and



realities of using ICTs to

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019787503321

Autore

Corcoran Clive M

Titolo

Systemic liquidity risk and bipolar markets : wealth management in todays macro risk on/risk off financial environment / / Clive Corcoran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons, c2013

ISBN

9781118818459

1118818458

9781118410806

1118410807

9781283869416

1283869411

9781118410752

1118410750

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Collana

Bloomberg (UK)

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Finance, Personal

Investments

Portfolio management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Cross-sectional asset correlations -- The changing character of financial markets -- The flash crash -- Detecting mini bubbles with the VPIN metric -- Foreign exchange and the carry trade -- The enigmatic performance of the Japanese yen -- The Aussie/yen connection 1 -- Precursors to illiquidity -- Mainstream financial economics groping towards a new paradigm -- Could a eurozone breakup trigger another systemic crisis? -- China, commodities, and the global growth narrative -- Drawdowns and tail risk management -- Liquidity and maturity transformation -- Emotional finance and interval confidence -- Adjusting to more correlated financial markets --



Appendix -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The dramatic and well chronicled crisis of 2007/8 marked a watershed moment for all stakeholders in global capital markets. In the aftermath, financial markets have become even more tightly coupled as correlations in returns across multiple asset classes have been at historically elevated levels. Investors and fund managers are, to a much larger degree than previously and often much more than they realize, subject to the risk of severe wealth destruction. The ultimate hazard, which is not adequately characterized by the widely touted notion of tail risk, is the systemic risk which arises wh