Financial crises and recovery
- Child labour during Indonesia's economic crisis
- Although lower than other developing countries at a similar stage of development, the problem of child labour in Indonesia is significant. The link between current child labour and future poverty appears to be a lack of adequate and appropriate education. This study aims to assess the link between poverty, school, and work for children in Indonesia.
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- 2008 review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific
- ( United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
- Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in ...
- Prudential banking regulation is needed to restrain the transmission of shocks
- ( Y.S. Zhou / International Monetary Fund , 2008)
- To understand the transmission mechanisms of financial crises, this paper examines how commercial banks have intermediated and amplified capital flow shocks during the 1997 financial crisis in Asia. U...
- Solutions to microeconomic system failures and a more adequate policy in the UK
- ( W.H. Buiter / Centre for Economic Policy Research, London , 2007)
- 2007's financial crisis emerged against the background of a global saving glut created by the entry of high-saving countries into the world market and the accumulation of wealth by commodity exporters...
- Global growth will persist despite the return of broad scale inflation
- ( I. Kalish / Deloitte , 2008)
- Global imbalances have contributed to the build up of a speculative bubble in the US housing market. Their unwinding after the recent bursting of this bubble might mark the return of broad scale infla...
- Successful policies bringing economic growth and poverty reduction in Argentina
- ( L. Sandoval;M. Weisbrot / Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington , 2007)
- Argentina has recovered quickly from a record sovereign debt default and financial collapse in December 2001. The authors argue that this was due to a shift in government policy after IMF promoted aus...
- Agents have to adjust to the financial system's inherent leaning towards crises through information
- ( S. Cecchetti / Vox , 2007)
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The author discusses lessons from the current financial crises related to sub prime lending. The financial system is one of the most heavily regulated parts of the economy due to its importance to ...
- Strengths and challenges for continuing economic success in Asia
- ( S. Griffith-Jones;R. Gottschalk / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2007)
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Currently East Asia is growing at an impressive rate. However, there are risks and challenges to sustaining growth. This introduction to the IDS bulletin discusses these challenges and notes shifts...
- Recovery from the Tequila Crisis: Mexico’s private sector has access to credit
- ( C. Stephanou;E.S. Munoz / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2007)
- The 1994 Tequila Crisis was a disaster for Mexico’s financial and private sectors. This paper examines the evolution in financing to the private sector during a period in which the long-sought ...
- Credible communication can prevent falls in consumer spending
- ( T.A Eife; T. Coombs / , 2006)
- When European nations changed over to the Euro in 2002, domestic consumer demand in some countries declined because people believed – largely erroneously –that prices had increased. Could policymakers...
- How can Asia further strengthen regional financial integration?
- ( D. Cowen; R. Salgado; H. Shah; L. Teo; A. Zanello / International Monetary Fund , 2006)
- Over the past two decades, Asia’s share of world trade has risen substantially, and intraregional trade has risen even faster. By comparison, financial integration has been more sluggish, particularly...
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