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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958845903321
• 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
• Altri autori (Persone): Guha-KhasnobisBasudeb; MavrotasGeorge
• Disciplina: 332.109172/4
• Soggetti: Accounting; Macroeconomics; Development economics; International economic relations; Economic development; Finance; Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Development Economics; International Economics; Development Studies; Financial Economics
• 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.