Mit der Öffnung des indischen Bankensektors auch für Auslandsbanken nimmt der Wettbewerb um Kunden zu und insbesondere bei Großkunden müssen indische Banken nicht nur reagieren, sondern agieren, um im Wettbewerb bestehen zu können. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es wichtig, die Gewohnheiten,...

Die Beseitigung der Armut gehört zu den großen übergeordneten Zielen der indischen Entwicklungspolitik. Dabei spielt die Funktionsfähigkeit ländlicher Kreditsysteme eine große Rolle. Eine kritische Evaluierung des gegenwärtigen Systems (im Rahmen des Integrated Rural Development Programme...

The 1997 Asian financial crisis has revealed the limitations of the current state of monetary and financial monitoring system in most Asian countries in comprehensively addressing financial and monetary problems and issues. This paper attempts to propose a macro-prudential indicators (MPI)...

The seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand is emerging as one of the major subregional groups in Asia. Japan is the second largest trading partner for...

Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...

This paper proposes a macro-prudential financial soundness analysis that can be used by most developing and transformation countries with or without crisis experience as well as by developed countries with limited data. The objective is to detect economic and financial sector vulnerability,...

As revealed by the trade intensity indices, India and the People's Republic of China have significant bilateral trade potential, which remains unexplored until now. These countries are presently negotiating for free trade arrangements among them based on their complementarities. This paper makes...

Despite remarkable growth during the last decade, Asia and the Pacific still faces extensive basic infrastructure needs. Furthermore, to cope up with the reduced export demand from advanced economies arising out of the ongoing financial crisis, the region needs to enhance its connectivity...