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Financial Management Inf...
by Cem Dener, Joanna Watkins, and William Lesl...
Since 1984, the World Bank has financed 87 Financial Management Information System (FMIS) projects in 51 countries totaling over US $2.2 billion, of which US $938 million was for FMIS related information and communication technology (ICT) solutions. This study presents the Wor...
(2011)
Financing SMEs and Entre...
An OECD Scoreboard
Access to finance represents one of the most significant challenges for entrepreneurs and for the creation, survival and growth of small businesses. As governments address this challenge, they are running up against a major and longstanding obstacle to policy making: insuffici...
(2012)
Related Party Transactio...
Related party transactions involve parties who can control the terms of a transaction in their favor potentially at the cost of the company. They include management, board members and controlling shareholders. The publication reviews provisions covering related party transacti...
(2012)
Public Office, Private I...
Accountability through Income and Asset Disclosure
by Alexandra Ha... and Stephanie Tr...
“Public Office, Private Interests: Accountability through Income and Asset Disclosure” examines the objectives, design features, and implementation approaches that can contribute to the effectiveness of an income and asset disclosure (IAD) system, and enhance its i...
(2012)
Draining development?
A growing concern among those interested in economic development is the realization that hundreds of billions of dollars are illicitly flowing out of developing countries to tax havens and other financial centers in the developed world. This volume assesses the dynamics of the...
(2012)
Die Finanzkrise und die ...
by Michael Hörl
Die Banker sind unschuldig. Lasst Sie geh’n! Nicht Banken oder Spekulanten waren an Finanzkrise und Euro-Kollaps Schuld. Es war die Gier, die Amerikaner handeln ließ, wie es die Europäer schon seit vier Jahrzehnten tun: Sie wählten, wer am meisten Gel...
(2011)
The Little Data Book on ...
by World Bank
'The Little Data Book on External Debt' provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system...
(2011)
Global Development Horiz...
Multipolarity - The New Global Economy
by World Bank
Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends: the shift in the balance of global g...
(2011)
The Wall Street Primer: ...
How does Wall Street, that great bastion of American Capitalism, really work? This book provides the multifaceted answer to that question clearly, concisely, and on a practical level for anyone seeking to better understand the inner workings of the capital markets. T...
(2008)
The Great American Housi...
The Road to Collapse
In the aftermath of the American housing collapse in 2007, many ask why. The Great American Housing Bubble: The Road to Collapse asks a different and more fundamental questionÑhow the bubble was created in the first place. To answer that question, it examines the causes, both ...
(2011)
Bank Profitability: Fina...
OECD Banking Statistics
Trends in bank profitability and factors affecting it are major indicators of changes in the state of health of national banking systems. This publication provides nationally aggregated financial statements of banks data for OECD member countries. The coverage of ban...
(2011)
Microfinance Handbook
An Institutional and Financial Perspective
Microfinance is not simply banking; it is a development tool. It has been estimated that there are 500 million economically active poor people in the world operating microenterprises and small businesses. Most of them do not have access to adequate financial services. The purp...
(1998)
Structured Finance in La...
Channeling Pension Funds to Housing, Infrastructure, and Small Businesses
by Sophie Sirtaine, Hela Cheikhr..., Emanuel Sali..., W. Britt Gwi..., and John Pollner
'Structured Finance in Latin America' explores how structured finance mechanisms can channel pension savings to support projects in underserved sectors, deepen capital markets, and contribute to investment and economic growth. Private pension funds have been accumulating asse...
(2007)
Making Finance Work for ...
by Patrick Honohan and Thorsten Beck
'Making Finance Work for Africa' takes a panoramic view of Africa's financial systems, both at the large scale ('finance for growth') and the small scale ('finance for all'). Things are changing for the better in African finance. Credit growth is underway after a long pause, ...
(2007)
Increasing Access to Rur...
The Forgotten 'Missing Middle'
Since the mid-1990s, Bangladesh's banking sector has grown considerably. Despite the boom and the government's efforts to increase access in rural areas, rural financial markets have shrunk in relative terms. As a result, access to finance by micro, small, and medium-size ente...
(2007)
Finance for All?
Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access
by World Bank
Access to financial services varies sharply around the world. In many developing countries less than half the population has an account with a financial institution, and in most of Africa less than one in five households do. Lack of access to finance is often the critical mech...
(2007)
