General introduction by George Kararach, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira and Victor Murinde -- Chapter 1 : Financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction: general theory and recent advances -- Chapter 2 . Globalizing Banking Standards and the Impact of Recent Global Regulatory Initiatives...

For the fifth time, the countries of the region are convening in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. On each occasion, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a report on regional...

By the end of 2015, we will see a new global development agenda which will substitute the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). If we look at the years after the adoption of the MDGs, there is no doubt that the development goals have been successful in focusing governments' attention on poverty...