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The dependency of the banks’ assets and liabilities

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econstor.eu -

In this document we show that, for all three sectors of German universal banks (private commercial banks, savings banks, and cooperative banks), asset-liability dependency declined over the period 1994-2007, the decline was strongest for those banks that use more than sector-average amounts of derivatives.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Credit risk analysis in microcredit: How does gender matter?

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solvay.edu -

This paper is the first to analyze the credit risk of a microfinance institution based on the loan portfolio of a leading Maghrebian microfinance institution, both in terms of number of clients served and of portfolio size.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Capital Controls and 21st Century Financial Crises

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ase.tufts.edu -

Two countries, Colombia and Thailand, deployed unremunerated reserve requirements (URR) in the second half of the decade to respond to massive inflows of capital, capital that their financial systems found difficult to absorb. This paper analyzes the extent to which those URRs were successful in reducing the overall level and composition of capital inflows, reducing exchange rate appreciation and volatility, stemming asset bubbles, and granting more independence for monetary policy.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

Estimating welfare in insurance markets using variation in prices

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stanford.edu -

This paper provides a graphical illustration of how standard consumer and producer theory can be used to quantify the welfare loss associated with inefficient pricing in insurance markets with selection. It then shows how this welfare loss can be estimated empirically using identifying variation in the price of insurance. Such variation, together with quantity data, allows us to estimate the demand for insurance.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

The Global Financial Crisis, Developing Countries and Policy Responses

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How will the global financial crisis affect developing countries and what should policy responses be? To address the development dimensions of the current crisis, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) undertook a set of rapid research projects. This brief summarizes the conclusions from those projects.

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Women and Men’s Employment and Unemployment in the Great Recession

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iwpr.org -

The Great Recession discussion in this document is framed by considering several long-term changes that are making women’s and men’s economic lives more similar. This paper details on the employment situation during the great recession, non-employment impacts of the great recession and finally provides some policy recommendations.

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

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unpri.org -

This briefing explores the evolving role of stock exchanges, giving an insight into both their current and future role in responsible investment. In addition, this briefing analyzes the current positioning of exchanges and the business drivers for promoting greater environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure in the market.

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Exchanges and sustainable investment

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world-exchanges.org -

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has therefore commissioned this report from Delsus Limited with two goals: To help share experience and ideas within the global community of exchanges; and to raise awareness amongst market participants, regulators and other external stakeholders. The first part of this report describes the overall landscape of sustainable investment initiatives in WFE’s members, together with discussion on the business drivers for these initiatives. Annex A presents more...

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Housing Finance Mechanisms in Brazil

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unhabitat.org -

"The real estate credit system used in Brazil for residential housing (known as the Housing Finance System-SFH), was created in 1964. Previously, there was no organized system for housing financing in Brazil. Its structure has changed since then (1964-2009), on matters of formal guarantees, limits and definition of the adjustment of payments."

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Insurance for the Poor

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.gtz.de -

“This document presents the synthesis of five country case studies on the role of regulation in the development of microinsurance markets. The objectives of this project were to map the experience in a sample of five developing countries (Colombia, India, the Philippines, South Africa and Uganda) where microinsurance products have evolved and to consider the influence that policy, regulation and supervision have had on the development of these markets.”

Added by Zunia on March 10, 2010

Access to Finance: Enriching Demand Side Surveys with Supply Side Studies

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opml.co.uk -

New, specially designed supply side studies can be linked to more familiar demand side financial access surveys to enrich and complement their findings, and may help explain issues and anomalies in the demand side data. The study highlights five areas in which this integrated approach has enriched the findings of demand side surveys in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. [OPM Working Paper 2010-01 by Robert Stone; 15 pages, 182kb.]

Added by Adam Swallow on March 09, 2010

Cash Budgeting: Sub-Saharan Experience and Lessons for Zimbabwe

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opml.co.uk -

Zimbabwe is emerging from a period of macroeconomic instability, and has adopted cash budgeting to manage prevailing revenue uncertainty. This briefing note examines the experience with cash budgeting in three sub-Saharan African countries: Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. It considers what lessons might guide Zimbabwe in developing its cash budgeting systems, avoiding the difficulties others have experienced, and ensuring that future macroeconomic stability is not dependent on the continuation of more...

Added by Adam Swallow on March 09, 2010

The growing importance of risk in financial regulation

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mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de -

"This paper traces the developments that have contributed to the importance of risk in regulation. Not only does it consider theories associated with risk, it also discusses explanations as to why risk has become so important within regulatory and governmental circles. Two forms of risk regulation, namely risk based regulation and meta regulation are considered."

Added by Zunia on March 09, 2010

Securitized Products, Financial Regulation, and Systemic Risk

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adbi.org -

"It is widely believed that the practice of securitization is one of the causes that led to the 2007–08 financial crisis. In this paper, I show that securitized products such as collateralized debt obligations (CDO) are particularly vulnerable to systematic risk and tend to show higher tail risk. These characteristics, in turn, are closely associated with joint failures and systemic risk. In order to achieve greater stability of the financial system, it is important to prevent the recurrence of more...

Added by Zunia on March 09, 2010

Impact of Micro-Credit on Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh

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Most of the studies conclude that women’s participation in micro-credit programs has positive results on women’s empowerment. Some other evaluations provide a completely opposite view and conclude that participation leads to greater subordination of women and makes them more vulnerable in an unequal rural society.The purpose of this paper is to review those evaluations and try to assess why they reach contrasting conclusions about the same type of programs. The paper is based on secondary more...

Added by Zunia on March 08, 2010

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