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Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau +3 more
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Модернизация, инновация, развитие, 2016 A speculation on the transfer of bank liquidity is put forward. Substantiation of the relevance and necessity to study the topic is provided for. Materials on up-to-date bank liquidity management approaches are presented, a three-tier structure of the ...
S. M. Karasyova
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Asymmetric Information and Loan Spreads in Russia: Evidence from Syndicated Loans [PDF]
This paper considers whether local bank participation exerts an impact on the spreads for syndicated loans in Russia. Following Berger, Klapper and Udell (2001), we test whether local banks possess a superior ability to deal with information asymmetries.
Fungacova, Zuzana +2 more
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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Does diversification increase or decrease bank risk and performance? Evidence on diversification and the risk-return tradeoff in banking [PDF]
Conventional wisdom in banking argues that diversification tends to reduce bank risk and improve performance, but the recent financial crisis suggests that aggressive diversification strategies may have resulted in increased risk taking and poor ...
Berger, Allen N. +3 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Estimating water resources is important for regional climate impact analysis and risk estimation. The Middle East and Central Asia have largely reached the limit of sustainably usable water across their river basins and ecosystems. Strategies designed to mitigate environmental risks require a reliable estimation of water availability trends.
Paolo Reggiani +4 more
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Lessons from the Russian Meltdown: The Economics of Soft Legal Constraints [PDF]
On August 17, 1998, Russia defaulted on its domestic public debt, declared a moratorium on the private banks' foreign liabilities, which was equivalent to an outright default, and abandoned its exchange rate regime.
Enrico Perotti
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND Legumes are the primary source of plant protein in both human and livestock diets and, therefore, play an essential role in nutrition. Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a grain legume widely used in animal feed. Its nutritional properties, particularly its high protein content, make it an adequate component to enrich feedstuffs ...
María Isabel López‐Román +4 more
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Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the extent to which intellectual capital (IC) supports firms' value generation and financial resilience, and how these effects are conditioned by profitability. IC is quantified using the “modified value‐added intellectual coefficient (MVAIC)” for a panel of 103 manufacturing firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange over
Muhammad Danial +4 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF RISK-FOCUSED BANKING MANAGEMENT TENDENCIES AND PERSPECTIVES [PDF]
The global financial crisis showed up the weakness in the management systems quality of national and international financial institutions, especially in Internal Control and Risk- management.
Nataliya ?. TYSYACHNIKOVA
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