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    The US financial crisis, global financial turmoil, and developing Asia: is the era of high growth at an end?

    Asian Development Bank, 2008
    The financial problems of the United States (US) have their roots in monetary and fiscal policies. But are also a result of the irresponsible behaviour of private lenders and borrowers; and the excessive risks that were taken fuelled by cheap and plentiful money, which made possible a decade-long housing boom.
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    Lessons from World Bank research on financial crises

    World Bank, 2008
    The process of globalisation and financial development has been prone to crises. Over the long run, financial development is expected to support economic growth and poverty reduction. But, along the way, even relatively mature financial systems are vulnerable to systemic banking crises, cycles of booms and busts, and financial volatility.
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    The role of developing-country reserve accumulation in the current financial crisis

    Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
    The epicentre of the current global financial crisis is the United States, where lending in the subprime mortgage market has triggered the alarming spread of financial instability. The roots of this crisis lie in the rapid growth of unregulated global finance in the last three decades.
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    The financial crisis and global health: report of a high-level consultation

    World Health Organization, 2009
    Several countries, notably in Africa, have taken advantage of economic growth to increase levels of domestic spending on health. Aid for health has more than doubled in recent years, coming both from traditional and innovative sources. The economic consequences of the global financial crisis put these achievements at risk and will endanger progress on the challenges that remain.
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    Global risks 2009. A global risk network report

    World Economic Forum, 2009
    The 2009 World Economic Forum Report focuses on the effects of the global financial crisis. It identifies a number of potential risks including:
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    What world leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism

    Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, 2008
    As the global slowdown spreads and deepens, protectionism is back. This e-book collects essays on what global leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism. The essays which were written with a minimum of coordination provide a consistent response. Essays differ on many points, but three main common messages can be noticed:
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    The financial crisis and mandatory pension systems in developing countries: short- and medium-term responses for retirement income systems

    Pensions Online, World Bank, 2008
    The international financial crisis has severely affected the value of pension fund assets worldwide. The unfolding global recession will also impose pressures on public pension schemes financed on a pay-as-you-go basis, while limiting the capacity of governments to mitigate both of these effects.
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    The global financial crisis: what needs to be done?

    Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2008
    Groups of expert academics, international regulators, bank representatives, policy makers, and trade unionists from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America met in New York to discuss the global economic crisis, its causes and social effects, and its implications for banking and financial market regulation and governance.
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    Global financial crisis: impact on Singapore and ASEAN

    The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
    The Singapore economy registered a real growth rate of nearly 8 percent and employment creation of over 200,000 jobs in 2006-2007. In East Asia, Singapore was the first country to fall into a recession from the current global economic crisis in July 2008. Domestic policy issues in Singapore include:
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    Pension markets in focus, December 2008

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008
    This feature discusses the impacts of the current financial crisis on private pension regimes. It points out that private pension schemes in the OECD area have lost nearly 20% of their assets between January and October 2008.In defined benefit plans:

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