This paper reviews and critically comments on the policy debate surrounding China's exchange rate regime. There are presently two key issues - firstly, whether the RMB has become significantly undervalued, and secondly, whether China would benefit from adopting a flexible exchange rate regime....

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of regulation status of MFIs on their financial performance and outreach. To find results, we used dataset of 413 MFIs over 21 Latin American Countries for the year 2005-2017. Using GMM, we found that regulated MFIs are more concerned for...

This study attempts to determine whether MFIs can achieve financial sustainability while instantaneously reaching to the poorest to render financial services. To deal with methodological issues in previous studies due to the use of OLS, we used generalized method of moment (GMM) technique that...

A tanulmány célja annak megállapítása, hogy a mikrohitelező szervezetek szabályozottsága milyen hatást gyakorol a szervezetek pénzügyi teljesítményére és az ügyfelek elérésére. Eredményeink 21 latin-amerikai ország 413 mikrohitelező szervezetének a 2005–2017 közötti...

A tanulmány célja annak megállapítása, hogy a mikrofinanszírozó szervezetek meg tudják-e teremteni a fenntarthatóságot pénzügyi téren azáltal, hogy pénzügyi szolgáltatásokat nyújtanak a legszegényebbeknek. A korábbi tanulmányokban a legkisebb négyzetek módszerének (OLS)...

China's economic growth rates since reforms were introduced in 1979 have been impressive. In the past six years, for example, China's annual average growth rate was 9%. In the real estate sector, investment revenues increased by an average of 27% in each year. However, a recent People's Bank of...

The role that stock markets should be afforded in economic development policy in China is the subject of debate. Some argue that they are essential to reforming state-owned enterprises (SOE's) and overcoming deficiencies in China's credit markets. However, others claim they are not necessary...

Banking industry liberalization in China has gained pace. The theoretical underpinning of this policy approach is the McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis, which contends that a liberalized financial sector will maximize the quantity of deposits mobilized and optimize the efficiency with which these funds...

The dramatic growth in recent decades of international trade and investment flows has precipitated a massive increase in the demand for financial intermediaries and markets to facilitate and manage this process. This rising demand, combined with non-linearities in financial services supply, such...