Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World

The overall impact of financial globalization on the domestic financial sector is profound. Liberalization of capital flows has effectively made domestic financial repression obsolete. The consequences have not been uniformly favorable. Following l...

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Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press 2013
Subjects:
GDP
GNP
IPO
M2
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1121242/finance-growth-policy-choices-volatile-world
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spelling okr-10986-138952021-04-23T14:03:10Z Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World World Bank ADVERSE SELECTION ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSET PRICES ASSOCIATED COMPANIES BALANCE SHEET BANK DEPOSITS BANK FAILURES BANK LENDING BANK PERFORMANCE BANK PRIVATIZATION BANK REGULATION BANK RUNS BANKING CRISES BANKING SYSTEMS BANKS BORROWING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITALIZATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS DEBT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSIT INSURANCE COVERAGE DEPOSITS ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EQUITY MARKETS EXCHANGE RATES FACTORING FINANCIAL CONTRACTS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL DEREGULATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL STRUCTURES FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBALIZATION GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE PROBLEMS INCOME INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INFLATION INFORMATION PROBLEMS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTEREST RATES IPO LAWS LIFE INSURANCE LIVING STANDARDS M2 MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET POWER MARKET VALUE MICROFINANCE MORAL HAZARD MUTUAL FUNDS NAFTA NARROW BANKING NATIONAL ECONOMIES NET WORTH NONPERFORMING LOANS OPEN MARKETS OVERHEAD COSTS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DECISIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBT PURCHASING POWER REGULATORY FORBEARANCE RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SECURITIES SECURITIES MARKETS SMALL BANKS SOCIAL CAPITAL STATE BANKS STATISTICAL DATA STOCK MARKETS SUBORDINATED DEBT SUBSIDIARY SUBSTANDARD LOANS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY VENTURE CAPITAL WEALTH ACCOUNTING POLICY MAKING FINANCIAL & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT FINANCE BANK REGULATION FINANCIAL SERVICES CAPITAL ACCOUNT FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION EQUITY MARKETS DEBT FLOWS INTEREST RATES EXCHANGE RATES CAPITAL INTENSITY PRODUCTIVITY INTERMEDIATION GLOBALIZATION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS The overall impact of financial globalization on the domestic financial sector is profound. Liberalization of capital flows has effectively made domestic financial repression obsolete. The consequences have not been uniformly favorable. Following liberalization, domestic interest rates in developing countries have moved to a premium over industrial country rates, and can surge at times of currency speculation. Heightened interest rate and exchange rate volatility pose practical risk management difficulties for financial intermediaries and reinforce the need for appropriate infrastructures and incentives for risk containment, as well as for good macropolicies. On the other hand, the cost of equity capital has been reduced by allowing foreign investor access to local equity markets and allowing local firms to list abroad. Increased international flows through the equity markets have not been the major contributor to increased international sources of volatility. In addition to opening access to foreign-sourced financial services, more and more countries have been permitting foreign-owned banks and other financial firms to operate locally. Although this can represent a threat to domestic owners of financial firms, the drawback is outweighed by improved service quality. On all three fronts--debt, equity, and services--the costs and risks as well as the benefits of increased financial globalization. knowledges 2013-06-13T15:03:26Z 2013-06-13T15:03:26Z 2001-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1121242/finance-growth-policy-choices-volatile-world 0-19-521605-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13895 English en_US A World Bank Policy Research Report CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ADVERSE SELECTION
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET PRICES
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
BALANCE SHEET
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FAILURES
BANK LENDING
BANK PERFORMANCE
BANK PRIVATIZATION
BANK REGULATION
BANK RUNS
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKS
BORROWING
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITALIZATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
DEBT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE COVERAGE
DEPOSITS
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EQUITY MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATES
FACTORING
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL DEREGULATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCENTIVE PROBLEMS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
INFLATION
INFORMATION PROBLEMS
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INTEREST RATES
IPO
LAWS
LIFE INSURANCE
LIVING STANDARDS
M2
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET VALUE
MICROFINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
MUTUAL FUNDS
NAFTA
NARROW BANKING
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NET WORTH
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OPEN MARKETS
OVERHEAD COSTS
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PURCHASING POWER
REGULATORY FORBEARANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SECURITIES MARKETS
SMALL BANKS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
STATE BANKS
STATISTICAL DATA
STOCK MARKETS
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SUBSIDIARY
SUBSTANDARD LOANS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
VENTURE CAPITAL
WEALTH
ACCOUNTING
POLICY MAKING
FINANCIAL & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
BANK REGULATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
EQUITY MARKETS
DEBT FLOWS
INTEREST RATES
EXCHANGE RATES
CAPITAL INTENSITY
PRODUCTIVITY
INTERMEDIATION
GLOBALIZATION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
spellingShingle ADVERSE SELECTION
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET PRICES
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
BALANCE SHEET
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK FAILURES
BANK LENDING
BANK PERFORMANCE
BANK PRIVATIZATION
BANK REGULATION
BANK RUNS
BANKING CRISES
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKS
BORROWING
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITALIZATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
DEBT
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE COVERAGE
DEPOSITS
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EQUITY MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATES
FACTORING
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL DEREGULATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBALIZATION
GNP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCENTIVE PROBLEMS
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
INFLATION
INFORMATION PROBLEMS
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INTEREST RATES
IPO
LAWS
LIFE INSURANCE
LIVING STANDARDS
M2
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET VALUE
MICROFINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
MUTUAL FUNDS
NAFTA
NARROW BANKING
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NET WORTH
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OPEN MARKETS
OVERHEAD COSTS
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PURCHASING POWER
REGULATORY FORBEARANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SECURITIES MARKETS
SMALL BANKS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
STATE BANKS
STATISTICAL DATA
STOCK MARKETS
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SUBSIDIARY
SUBSTANDARD LOANS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
VENTURE CAPITAL
WEALTH
ACCOUNTING
POLICY MAKING
FINANCIAL & PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
BANK REGULATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
EQUITY MARKETS
DEBT FLOWS
INTEREST RATES
EXCHANGE RATES
CAPITAL INTENSITY
PRODUCTIVITY
INTERMEDIATION
GLOBALIZATION
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
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Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
relation A World Bank Policy Research Report
description The overall impact of financial globalization on the domestic financial sector is profound. Liberalization of capital flows has effectively made domestic financial repression obsolete. The consequences have not been uniformly favorable. Following liberalization, domestic interest rates in developing countries have moved to a premium over industrial country rates, and can surge at times of currency speculation. Heightened interest rate and exchange rate volatility pose practical risk management difficulties for financial intermediaries and reinforce the need for appropriate infrastructures and incentives for risk containment, as well as for good macropolicies. On the other hand, the cost of equity capital has been reduced by allowing foreign investor access to local equity markets and allowing local firms to list abroad. Increased international flows through the equity markets have not been the major contributor to increased international sources of volatility. In addition to opening access to foreign-sourced financial services, more and more countries have been permitting foreign-owned banks and other financial firms to operate locally. Although this can represent a threat to domestic owners of financial firms, the drawback is outweighed by improved service quality. On all three fronts--debt, equity, and services--the costs and risks as well as the benefits of increased financial globalization. knowledges
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author World Bank
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title Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
title_short Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
title_full Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
title_fullStr Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
title_full_unstemmed Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World
title_sort finance for growth : policy choices in a volatile world
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1121242/finance-growth-policy-choices-volatile-world
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