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2020
This chapter traces the evolution of the financial sector in Kenya over the last 10 years. While the rise of Equity Bank and M-Pesa—a mobile money, transfer, financing, and microfinancing service—has led to Kenya being viewed as a champion in the financial inclusion agenda, we show that the story of financial reform has been complex and at times ...
Radha Upadhyaya, Edoardo Totolo
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This chapter traces the evolution of the financial sector in Kenya over the last 10 years. While the rise of Equity Bank and M-Pesa—a mobile money, transfer, financing, and microfinancing service—has led to Kenya being viewed as a champion in the financial inclusion agenda, we show that the story of financial reform has been complex and at times ...
Radha Upadhyaya, Edoardo Totolo
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2022
This chapter explains the evolution of Iran’s financial sector with a focus on the performance of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in terms of price stability and oversight on commercial banks and credit institutions. It discusses the performance and characteristics of commercial banks with a focus on financial depth and share of different sectors of the
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This chapter explains the evolution of Iran’s financial sector with a focus on the performance of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in terms of price stability and oversight on commercial banks and credit institutions. It discusses the performance and characteristics of commercial banks with a focus on financial depth and share of different sectors of the
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Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2014
“FINANCIAL SECTOR IN FLUX” is an understatement. Several years after the 2008–09 banking crisis, we are still confronted with a weak financial sector and, as I will argue, a limited understanding of the functioning of the financial system and causes of financial instability. We also seem very uncertain about the desired structure of the industry, which
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“FINANCIAL SECTOR IN FLUX” is an understatement. Several years after the 2008–09 banking crisis, we are still confronted with a weak financial sector and, as I will argue, a limited understanding of the functioning of the financial system and causes of financial instability. We also seem very uncertain about the desired structure of the industry, which
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The Financial Sector in India: An Overview
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012Abstract Rajesh Chakrabarti gives an overview of the financial sector in India. For him a financial system is akin to the circulatory system in the human body, tapping and transporting savings throughout the economy, with markets and banks being the two competing and complementary arteries.
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Industrial Sector and Financial Distress
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006PurposeA number of authors have noted that industrial sector is a significant factor in the design and construction of failure prediction models, suggesting that organisational structures dictate the construction of separate models for different sectors.
Malcolm Smith, Dah‐Kwei Liou
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The financial sector and the future of capitalism [PDF]
Economic Systems, 2010 Abstract Financial sector innovation and development since the 1970s contributed to global prosperity, but increased the probability of bank failures. The post-2007 financial crisis was one of many crises with idiosyncratic catalysts but common underlying causes. Public policies, such as deposit insurance, with moral hazard implications increased the
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Rethinking the Taxation of the Financial Sector
CESifo Economic Studies, 2011The economic crisis that erupted in 2008 has prompted many countries to rethink, and several already to reform, the taxation of financial institutions. The underlying analytical issues, however, have received almost no attention in the public finance literature.
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Inequality and financial sector vulnerabilities
FEDS NotesIn recent decades, income and wealth inequality have risen notably in the United States and other countries around the world. Importantly, such rises in inequality have been shown to predict financial crises.
Anni T. Isojärvi, Sam Jerow
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Financial Management in the Health Sector
1994All Central and East European countries have embarked upon large privatization programs. Although the elaboration of specific issues shows interesting differences (see OECD 1992) these programs show a common concern for the transfer of property rights in the (formerly public) business sector (comprising inter alia industry, banking and finance, and ...
Boorsma, Peter B., Crijns, Ron J.H.A.
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