Finance and Development: Surveys of Theory, Evidence and Policy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845428560 ISBN 13: 9781845428563

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

In the last two decades, the role of finance in the development process has become a major topic of research and debate. Although it is widely agreed that there is an important link between the two, there is much less consensus on the exact nature of the relationship. Is financial development a prerequisite for general economic development, or is it a more passive by-product of the development process?

In this valuable new book, a distinguished group of authors takes stock of the existing state of knowledge in the field of finance and the development process. Each chapter offers a comprehensive survey and synthesis of current issues. These include such critical subjects as savings, financial markets and the macroeconomy, stock market development, financial regulation, foreign investment and aid, financing livelihoods, microfinance, rural financial markets, small and medium enterprises, corporate finance and banking.

This book will be accessible to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of finance and development. It will also be an essential reference source for all professionals and academics working in this area who want to learn how finance can contribute to the development process and poverty reduction.

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About the Author

Edited by Christopher J. Green, Professor of Economics and Finance, Loughborough University, UK, Colin Kirkpatrick, former Hallsworth Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and Co-Director, Regulation Research Programme, Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC), University of Manchester, UK and Victor Murinde, AXA Professor in Global Finance, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845428560
• ISBN 13: 9781845428563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Green Christopher J., Kirkpatrick Colin, Murinde Victor