Screen LibraryFinance for development：Latin America in comparative perspective
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Brookings Institution Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 316 p.: ; 24 cm. |
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0815780850 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780815780854 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F837 |
| CLC: | F837.3 |
| Call Number: | F837.3/S782 |
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"United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean." Includes bibliographical references and index. Finance for development: issues and trends -- Finance within a new development model in Latin America -- Latin America's financial sector today: stylized facts -- Substantive and methodological contributions -- Overview of the book --Changes in Latin America's financial system since 1990: comparisons with East Asia -- Financial liberalization, crisis, and the aftermath -- Financial liberalization: literature and hypotheses -- Financial liberalization: empirical trends -- Financial liberalization and crisis -- Rescue programs: costs and outcomes -- Conclusions -- Changes in ownership: public, private, and foreign banks -- Bank ownership and institutional environment: literature and hypotheses -- Trends in bank ownership -- Ownership and performance -- Ownership, institutions, and performance -- Conclusions -- Toward stability: regulation, supervision, and the macroeconomic context -- Regulation and supervision: literature and hypotheses -- Regulation and supervision: the state of the art -- Regulation, supervision, and financial performance -- Conclusions -- From banks to capital markets: new sources of finance -- Capital market performance: literature and hypotheses -- Comparing financial market trends across regions -- Analysis of financial market trends -- Conclusions -- The impact of the new financial system on investment and access in Latin America -- Chile: mixed ownership provides a new model -- Liberalization, crisis, and response -- Changes in structure -- Finance, investment, and growth -- Access to finance for small firms -- Conclusions -- Mexico: foreign banks assume control -- Liberalization, crises, and response -- Changes in structure -- Finance, investment, and growth -- Access to finance for small firms -- Conclusions -- Brazil: public banks continue to play a key role -- Liberalization, crises, and response -- Changes in structure -- Finance, investment, and growth -- Access to credit by small firms -- Conclusions -- Policy recommendations for a stronger financial system -- A policy agenda for the financial sector -- Banks and capital markets since 1990 -- Toward a policy agenda on finance -- Final comments. |