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and Case studies commissioned by the UK's Department for International Development
Background Papers
A
Survey of Government Regulation and Intervention in Financial Markets
January
2005
By L. Klapper and R. Zaidi
The effect of finance on growth is significant enough to have policy implications. A
doubling of ratio of private sector credit is associated with an increase in average long-term
growth of almost 2 percent. There is, nevertheless, a need to exercise caution
in pursuing credit expansion to achieve finance driven growth. Too rapid a growth can also lead
to inflation, depreciation or institutional insolvency. Financial system development is commonly
associated with credit expansion. However, they must also function effectively and be large in the
sense of supporting firms, services providing, amount of funds intermediated and resources
employed.
Impact
of Government Regulation on Microfinance
By A Hubka and R. Zaidi
January 2005
Microfinance, defined as “a credit methodology that employs effective collateral substitutes to
deliver and recover short-term, working capital loans to microentrepreneurs,” has demonstrated
success as a poverty reduction strategy. Microfinance was initially developed by and is today
still primarily deployed by non-government organizations (NGOs) who receive donor funds and
on- lend to microfinance clients (often at subsidized interest rates). In many cases, governments
also play a critical role—setting policy for the microfinance industry (most frequently vis-à-vis
interest rates), providing lump sum grants to NGOs or other microfinance institutions (MFIs), or
lending directly to the poor. Credit unions, cooperatives, commercial banks, and small informal
groups (self help groups—SHGs) are other important players in microfinance.
Microeconomic
Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries October
2004
How
Labor Market Policy Can Combine Workers’ Protection and Job Creation October
2004
Do
Employers' Perceptions Square with Actual Labor Regulations? October 2004
The
Debate on Industrial Policy in East-Asia: In Search for Lessons September
24, 2004
How
Do Investment Climate Conditions Vary Across Countries, Regions and Types of Firms? September,
2004
Tanzania's
Commercial Court August 12, 2004
Donor
Assistance for Investment Climate Reforms and for Direct Support to Firms: An Overview of
Available Data July 31, 2004
Customs
Valuation Reform in the Philippines. July 16, 2004
Business
Registration Reforms in Pakistan. April 23, 2004
Managing
Investment Climate Reform: Case Study of Uganda Telecommunications April 16,
2004
Policy
Reform on Investment Climate: Case analysis of Hangzhou
March
29, 2004
By Pu Yufei, Sheng Lei and Yao Yu1
This paper studies the investment climate reforms in Hangzhou, in the context of
those of the economic system in China. It describes the different waves of reforms,
the forces behind them, and the effects of the reforms. Through historic and
comparative analysis, the study draws the following basic conclusions. First,
investment climate reform is a long process. The strength of each group grows and
declines at times. Second, the reform and open policy by the central government is a
strong force in promoting the improvement of the investment climate in Hangzhou.
Third, the municipal government of Hangzhou was in a leading position to improve
the investment climate. Fourth, whether the investment climate is good or bad has a
strong impact on the economic development of the region. The course of the gradual
improvement of the investment climate in Hangzhou is that of the gradual
enhancement of the overall economy.
How
to Overhaul the Labor Market: Political Economy of Recent Czech and Slovak Reforms
March 25, 2004
The
Political Economy of Labor Reform in Colombia March 16, 2004
Managing
Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study February 26,
2004.
The
Mexican Credit Reporting Industry Reform: A Case Study February 23, 2004
Managing
Labor Market Reforms: Case Study of Poland February 20, 2004
Mexican
Deregulation: Smart Tape on Red Tape February 19, 2004
Managing
Port Reforms in India: Case Study of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Mumbai. February
15, 2004
Thailand's
20 Year Program to Title Rural Land February 13, 2004
Tradenet
in Ghana: Best Practice in the Use of Information Technology January 28,
2004
Managing
Investment Climate Reforms: Vietnam Case Study January 17, 2004
Managing
Investment Climate Reforms: The Peru Urban Land Reform Case Study January 2, 2004
Inspectorate
Reform in Latvia, 1999-2003 December 23, 2003
The
Political Economy of Reform: Institutional Change as a Tool for Political Credibility
December 4, 2003
The
Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa September
15, 2003
The
Investment Climate for Female Informal Businesses: A Case Study from Urban and Rural India
September 4, 2003
Street
Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings From Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire
August 16, 2003
Case Studies Commissioned by the UK's Department for International
Development
The
Importance of the Enabling Environment for Business and Economic Growth November
2003
Donor
Experiences in Supporting Reforms to the Investment Climate for Small Enterprise
Development November 2003
Less is More
Better Compliance and Increased Revenues by Streamlining Business Registration in Uganda
November 2003
Improving
the Business Trade Licensing Reform Environment November 2003
The
Investment Climate in South Africa - Regulatory Issues: Some insights from the
high-growth, export-oriented SME sector November 2003
Investment
for Development Project (IFD) - Civil Society Perceptions November
2003
Investment
Climate Reform in South Africa November 2003
Lessons
for Development from London Business School's Centre for New and Emerging Markets (CNEM)
Research Project "Investment in Emerging Markets" November
2003
Some
Lessons from the CUTS 7-Up Comparative Competitive Policy Project November
2003
Investment
Climate Reform Competition Policy and Economic Development: Some Country Experiences
November 2003
Competition
Law and the Investment Climate in Developing Countries November 2003
Lessons
from CBC Business Environment Surveys 1999, 2001, 2003 November 2003
Creating
FDI Friendly Environments in South Asia November 2003
Migrant
Remittances and the Investment Climate: Exploring the Nexus January 2004
Investment
Climate Reform in Ukraine November 2003
OECD
(UK & EU) Home Country Measures and FDI in Developing Countries: A Preliminary
Analysis November 2003
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