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31/03/2015 |
Article | Traditional risk categories embodied in credit research – business risk and financial risk – can capture a number of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. However,… |
202
31/03/2015 |
Article | Urbanization in areas prone to natural hazards is massive and will grow. Economic analysis offers several tools to contain this phenomenon: insurance pricing in relation to risk,… |
203
31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa has become increasingly integrated to the global financial and economic system in recent years. This article considers the role of credit ratings in that trend. Ratings… |
204
31/12/2014 |
Article | This article begins with a brief overview of the growth of cross border banking in Africa. Then, after highlighting some aspects of the context in which these banks operate, the… |
205
31/12/2014 |
Article | This paper discusses recent progress in financial deepening across Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an array of different data, we document that African banking systems are shallow but… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Before 2006, only South Africa had issued a foreign-currency denominated sovereign bond in Sub-Saharan Africa. From 2006 to 2014, twelve other countries have issued a total of $15… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa’s future partially relies on its capacity to develop a more inclusive economic and financial sector. The African microfinance ecosystem is very different today than it was… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Has credit rationing increased in France over the last ten years? This article looks for an answer by comparing the results of the same survey carried out in 2000 and 2012 on two… |
209
31/12/2014 |
Article | As a main component of financial development, financial inclusion fosters economic growth in developing countries by delivering at an affordable cost a wide array of financial… |
210
31/12/2014 |
Article | Africa’s infrastructure needs are huge and it is essential to meet for sustainable economic growth across the continent. Investment in infrastructure plays a fundamental role in… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | This article presents a progress report on the integration of the insurance market in the states member of CIMA, its achievements and the new challenges ahead. With the setting of… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | The SRISK measures the need for recapitalization of a financial institution conditional to a market shock of great importance. Widely disseminated in the academic community, in… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | The treaty establishing the Arab Maghreb Union was signed on February 17, 1989 by the five Maghreb heads of State in Marrakech. Yet Maghreb financial integration has not been… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Given the crucial role of banking and financial sectors in promoting economic activity in Africa, donors support the emergence of solid and perennial financial systems. To this… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | This paper investigates empirically the impact of bank regulation on the risk of default of WAEMU banks over the period 2000-2010. Our results suggest that banks which have… |
216
31/12/2014 |
Article | Deep and efficient financial sectors are important in supporting growth. Against this general finding of the literature we take stock of changes in financial development in… |
217
31/12/2014 |
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The Cost of Financing in Africa: Policies to Reduce Cost and Enhance Financial Inclusion Free access
This paper analyzes the cost of financing in Africa and identifies policies to reduce this cost and enhance financial inclusion in the region. After a brief overview of financial… |
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31/12/2014 |
Article | Considering the huge investment opportunities offered by these demographic, urban and economic changes, the African continent has become a key destination for private equity… |
219
30/09/2014 |
Article | Advanced countries now benefit from a macroprudential institutional framework. This article presents available monitoring tools for the analysis of the housing market as well as… |
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30/09/2014 |
Article | Real estate plays a major role in business cycles through three main channels. The first one is housing investment, the second one is a financial accelerator by which the increase… |