Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction [Hardcover]

This book?explores?country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is?an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a vital reference source for students.Introduction and Overview; B.Guha-Khasnobis & G.Mavrotas Sources and Effectiveness of Financial Development: What We Know and What We Need to Know;? P.Demetriades &? S.Andrianova The Poverty Macroeconomic Policy Nexus: Some Short-Run Analytics; G.Mavrotas &? S.M.Murshed Finance and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Household Level Analysis; A.Geda, A.Shimeles &? D.Zerfu Financial Sector Development, Savings Mobilization and Poverty Reduction in Ghana; P.Quartey Finance and Growth: An Empirical Assessment of the Indian Economy; P.K.Das &? B.Guha-Khasnobis The Impact of Financial Openness on Economic Integration: Evidence from Europe and the CIS; F.Carmignani &? A.Chowdhury Does Financial Liberalization Influence Saving, Investment and Growth? Evidence from 25 Emerging Market Economies, 1973-1996; N.Hermes &? R.Lensink The Corporate Debt Market in India: An Analytical Study of Macroeconomic and Institutional Issues; B.Guha-Khasnobis &? S.Kar Financial Markets and R&D Investments: A Discrete Time Model to Interpret Public Policies; M.Mazzoli Financial Sector Development and Total Factor Productivity Growth; S.Kumbhakar &? G.Mavrotas The Effects of Regional Integration:?Impact on Real Effective Exchange Rate Volatility, Institutional Quality and Growth for MENA Countries; L.Becchetti &? I.HasanSVETLANA ANDRIANOVA Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UKLEONARDO BECCHETTI Full Professor of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; President, Supervising Committee of Banca Popolare EticaFABRIZIO CARMIGNANI Central African Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for AlÒ