Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa: Emerging Trends and Key Issues -- Part I Inward FDI to...

Deposit insurances schemes are increasingly being adopted around the world and yet our understanding of their design and consequences is in its infancy. In this paper we provide a new rationale for the provision of deposit insurance based around the idea that bankers have vuluable but costly...

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