The main goal of this paper is to analyze the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on the Ukrainian financial system, and on Ukrainian bank performance. Our analysis is based on key bank performance indicators from 2003-2011. Bank assets, liabilities and capital are analyzed, and changes...

Volume 1, Making the Rules, covers: trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS); the multilateral agreement on investment (MAI); fast track/trade promotion authority; the 1999 US-China bilateral agreement and the battle for permanent normal trade relations (PNTR); and the US-EU...

This paper focuses on issues of financial sector liberalization in Ethiopia, with reference in particular to the Ethiopian banking sector. We identify two factors that may constrain Ethiopia’s financial development. One is the closed nature of the Ethiopian financial sector in which there are...