Are the investment banks a dangerously out of control threat to the global financial system or do they bring innovation and liquidity to the market and alpha returns to their investors. Whichever your view the investment world is changing and you need to know which a... Lees meer.
This paper reviews empirical and theoretical work on the links between banks and their governments the bank-sovereign nexus . How significant is this nexus. What do we know about it. To what extent is it a source of concern. What is the role of policy intervention.... Lees meer.
This work investigates the effect of the financial liberalization programs of the 1990s on bank efficiency in transition economies for the period 1993-2005. Using data from nearly 6000 bank year combinations for 16 countries individual bank efficiency scores are comput... Lees meer.
This revised and updated edition of the report on the global AIDS epidemic outlines the strategic role that government must play in slowing the spread of HIV and mitigating the impact of AIDS. This updated edition of Confronting AIDS includes a vital new statistical... Lees meer.