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This paper examines the mainstream theories of "financial sustainability" and "financial development". It is suggested understanding "financial development" as the complex dynamic characteristics of the financial sector, which is formed under the influence of financial and economic policy...
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An all-inclusive financial system is one of the channels through which information and communication technology (ICT) affects economic growth. Digital financial inclusion is an evolving phenomenon that enhances the ease of access to and availability of formal financial services. Further,...
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This paper presents recent trends in bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The evidence reviewed suggests that foreign-owned banks are...
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We study the provision of financial services to small firms, consumers, and workers in developing countries as part of value chain relationships: value chain microfinance (VCMF). We first explore how VCMF can both overcome barriers to financial access - including asymmetric information,...
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This paper investigates the most frequent financial obstacles to firm export and depicts their severity by examining firm perception about them. By using descriptive and multivariate probit model analyses, we find that cost of finance, lender's biasness and partial lending are considered as the...
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Financial sectors in the developing world pressure governments to open capital accounts, a policy which standard … restrictions in the developing world, and by examining interest group pressures for financial internationalization in Indonesia … developing world, and suggest further areas for research in the political economy of globalization …
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Using a unique hand-collected dataset of 1,251 European Union banks and 20,850 foreign affiliates hosted in 154 countries, this paper investigates how both host country and home country regulation affect the decision on where and how to go abroad in developing countries as opposed to developed...
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