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The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 and Developing Countries

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : UN
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCBK:C107424263

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The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 and Developing Countries by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

As a response to the global financial and economic crisis that began in 2008, many developing and emerging-market economies undertook resolute countercyclical monetary and fiscal actions, which paralleled those of the developed countries. These policy responses contributed significantly to the recovery of the world economy in 2010 and 2011. In particular, the strong and fast responses of Brazil, China and India helped mitigate deflationary risks and avoid a repetition of the Great Depression of the early 1930s. On the other hand, reforms of financial regulation and supervision are taking time to advance, and little progress has been achieved so far in implementing measures to reduce global imbalances and to avoid a malfunctioning of the international exchange-rate system. These would contribute to greater coherence between the international trading and financial systems, and to creating a more stable international economic environment for development. This is a collection of papers that contribute to the debate on these topics, putting the South at centre stage. It examines how the countries of the South were affected by the global economic and financial crisis, and how they responded to it.

Unexpected Outcomes

Author : Carol Wise,Leslie Elliott Armijo,Saori N. Katada
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815724773

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Unexpected Outcomes by Carol Wise,Leslie Elliott Armijo,Saori N. Katada Pdf

This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. Their quick bounceback from the crisis marked a radical departure from the past, such as when the 1982 debt shocks produced a decade-long recession in Latin America or when the Asian financial crisis dramatically slowed those economies in the late 1990s. Why? This volume suggests that these countries' resistance to the initial financial contagion is a tribute to financial-sector reforms undertaken over the past two decades. The rebound itself was a trade-led phenomenon, favoring the countries that had gone the farthest with macroeconomic restructuring and trade reform. Old labels used to describe "neoliberal versus developmentalist" strategies do not accurately capture the foundations of this recovery. These authors argue that policy learning and institutional reforms adopted in response to previous crises prompted policymakers to combine state and market approaches in effectively coping with the global financial crisis. The nations studied include Korea, China, India, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, accompanied by Latin American and Asian regional analyses that bring other emerging markets such as Chile and Peru into the picture. The substantial differences among the nations make their shared success even more remarkable and worthy of investigation. And although 2012 saw slowed growth in some emerging market nations, the authors argue this selective slowing suggests the need for deeper structural reforms in some countries, China and India in particular.

Global Financial Crisis

Author : Chiara Oldani,Professor John J. Kirton,Professor Paolo Savona
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409489399

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Global Financial Crisis by Chiara Oldani,Professor John J. Kirton,Professor Paolo Savona Pdf

Out of the debate over the effectiveness of the policy responses to the 2008 global financial crisis as well as over the innovativeness of global governance comes this collection by leading academics and practitioners who explore the dynamics of economic crisis and impact. Edited by Paolo Savona, John J. Kirton, and Chiara Oldani Global Financial Crisis: Global Impact and Solutions examines the nature of the recent crisis, its consequences in major regions and countries, the innovations in the ideas, instruments and institutions that constitute national and regional policy responses, building on the G8's response at its L'Aquila Summit. Experts from Africa, North America, Asia and Europe examine the implications of those responses for international cooperation, coordination and institutional change in global economic governance, and identify ways to reform and even replace the architecture created in the mid 20th century in order to meet the global challenges of the 21st.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

Author : Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616405410

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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Pdf

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

A Decade after the Global Recession

Author : M. Ayhan Kose,Franziska Ohnsorge
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464815287

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A Decade after the Global Recession by M. Ayhan Kose,Franziska Ohnsorge Pdf

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the 2009 global recession. Most emerging market and developing economies weathered the global recession relatively well, in part by using the sizable fiscal and monetary policy ammunition accumulated during prior years of strong growth. However, their growth prospects have weakened since then, and many now have less policy space. This study provides the first comprehensive stocktaking of the past decade from the perspective of emerging market and developing economies. Many of these economies have now become more vulnerable to economic shocks. The study discusses lessons from the global recession and policy options for these economies to strengthen growth and prepare for the possibility of another global downturn.

Global Financial Crisis

Author : Paolo Savona,John J. Kirton,Chiara Oldani
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409402725

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Global Financial Crisis by Paolo Savona,John J. Kirton,Chiara Oldani Pdf

This collection gathers experts from Africa, North America, Asia and Europe to examine international policy responses to the 2008 global financial crisis. In doing so they reveal the implications for international cooperation, coordination and institutional change in global economic governance, and identify ways to reform and even replace the architecture created in the mid 20th century in order to meet the global challenges of the 21st.

The Global Financial Crisis

Author : S. B. Khandare
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1500431028

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The Global Financial Crisis by S. B. Khandare Pdf

In recent years, US sub-prime crisis appeared in mid-2007 which was transformed into a global financial crisis and then into global economic crisis, attracted the attention of all. Although advanced countries remained the epic centre of the crisis but the EMEs have also substantially been affected including India. In case of developed countries, banking and financial crises have been costly to the economy, but these crises seem to be imposed on the developing countries. The spread of financial crisis with a rapid speed shocked the rest of the world with US and Europe. It is now widely accepted that the nearest precedent to this crisis is the 'Great Depression'. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries many financial crises were associated with banking panics and many recessions coincided with these panics. More than the financial cost, the adverse impact of this crisis on real economy have been severe. In 2009, the world GDP is estimated by the IMF to have contracted by 0.8 percent and the world trade volume is estimated to have declined by 12 percent. The expanse of the crisis has tested all the limits of conventional and unconventional policy options around the world. Interbank markets in advanced economies were the first to be affected by severe liquidity crisis; however India could not be untouched itself from it. Economic growth of India was decelerated in 2008-09 to 6.7 percent. This represented a decline of 2.1 percent from the average growth rate of 8.8 percent in the previous five years. During the initial phase of crisis the impact on Indian financial markets was muted, however, since mid-September of 2008 it became amplified. In 2008-09 the industrial production grow only 2.6 percent comparing to the 7.4 in the previous year, imports fell by 12.2 percent and exports fell by 20 percent at the end of March, 2009. Trade deficit widened from $88.5 billion to $119.1 billion in 2008-09. Current account deficit increased from $17.0 billion to $29.8 billion. Net capital inflows in 2008-09 were 9.1 percent of GDP as of 9.2 percent of GDP in previous year. Present work is a description, narration and analysis of conceptual framework of the related terms. This is a humble attempt to describe and interrelate the two main terms viz. 'Global Financial Crisis' and 'Indian Banking Scenario', after considering, referring, studying and relying on various kinds of Reports, (Annual, Bi-annual, Quarterly and Occasional), Research & Working Papers of various national, international, Government and non-government bodies/authorities, various books, Opinions & published Speeches, Articles etc. It would be useful for student, researchers and readers in International Studies, Economics and Banking & Finance. Hope will be useful as a Reference Book, for the readers with expectation that improvement and suggestions will be communicated.

Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries

Author : Commission on Growth and Development
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381660

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Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries by Commission on Growth and Development Pdf

This special report by the Commission on Growth and Development assesses the 2008 financial crisis' longer term impact on developing countries, explains how developing countries can make themselves more resilient in the face of such blows, and examines what international institutions and forums can do to help.

Crisis and Reform

Author : Rohinton P. Medhora,Dane Rowlands
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781928096528

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Crisis and Reform by Rohinton P. Medhora,Dane Rowlands Pdf

The financial crisis that erupted in 2008 severely affected the global economy, plunging most countries into a recession with aftershocks still being felt today. Canada was able to weather the crisis well in comparison to many euro-zone countries and the United States, but it did not escape unscathed. Two major themes are explored in this volume: Canada’s role in the international financial system and the Canadian policy response to the global financial crisis. These themes are examined in light of the shift from the classical gold standard to Bretton Woods to the “non-system” of late, the finance-trade crossover agenda, the changing role of central banks, the European Monetary Union, developing countries and a post-financial crisis global political economy. What becomes clear in this volume is that Canada plays a powerful role, which belies its size, in the development of the financial system and its regulation at an international level. Crisis and Reform: Canada and the International Financial System — the 28th volume of the influential Canada Among Nations series — examines the global financial crisis through Canada’s historical and current role in the international financial system. Canada has been held up as a shining example of good governance during the financial crisis, and its prominent role within international financial institutions should grow as Canada continues as a leading player in the global financial system.

Public Policy beyond the Financial Crisis

Author : Philip Haynes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136265266

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Public Policy beyond the Financial Crisis by Philip Haynes Pdf

The economic crisis of 2008-2009 and beyond has provided the greatest challenge to public policy in the developed world since the Second World War, as the use of public monies to support banks and declining tax revenues have resulted in rising government borrowing and national debt. This book evaluates the failures of public policy in the half decade before the crisis, using the conceptual framework of complex systems. This analysis reveals the fundamental failings of globalization and the lack of a robust and resilient public sector paradigm to assist countries in economic recovery. The research has benefited from UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding for a Knowledge Exchange that applied the most relevant and applied aspects of complex systems theory to contemporary policy problems. Innovative statistical methods are used to profile and group countries both before and after the 2008-09 crisis. This shows the countries that are best prepared for the ongoing and prolonged Euro zone crisis of 2010-12. The book proposes a new model of public policy that asserts itself over the paradigm of market liberalism and places the public values of full employment, sustainability and equality at the top of the post crisis policy agenda.

Unexpected Outcomes

Author : Carol Wise,Leslie Elliott Armijo,Saori N. Katada
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815724773

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Unexpected Outcomes by Carol Wise,Leslie Elliott Armijo,Saori N. Katada Pdf

This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. Their quick bounceback from the crisis marked a radical departure from the past, such as when the 1982 debt shocks produced a decade-long recession in Latin America or when the Asian financial crisis dramatically slowed those economies in the late 1990s. Why? This volume suggests that these countries' resistance to the initial financial contagion is a tribute to financial-sector reforms undertaken over the past two decades. The rebound itself was a trade-led phenomenon, favoring the countries that had gone the farthest with macroeconomic restructuring and trade reform. Old labels used to describe "neoliberal versus developmentalist" strategies do not accurately capture the foundations of this recovery. These authors argue that policy learning and institutional reforms adopted in response to previous crises prompted policymakers to combine state and market approaches in effectively coping with the global financial crisis. The nations studied include Korea, China, India, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, accompanied by Latin American and Asian regional analyses that bring other emerging markets such as Chile and Peru into the picture. The substantial differences among the nations make their shared success even more remarkable and worthy of investigation. And although 2012 saw slowed growth in some emerging market nations, the authors argue this selective slowing suggests the need for deeper structural reforms in some countries, China and India in particular.

The Financial Crisis

Author : P. Arestis,R. Sobreira,José Luis Oreiro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230303942

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The Financial Crisis by P. Arestis,R. Sobreira,José Luis Oreiro Pdf

The 2008 financial crisis poses three fundamental questions for economists and policy makers; understanding the origins of the crisis, understanding the consequences of this crisis for the world economy, and finally understanding why the 2008 financial crisis is not as serious as the 1929 crisis. The prevailing view is that the 2008 financial crisis was solely the result of inadequate financial regulation together with a very loose monetary policy conducted by central banks, especially the Fed. It is believed that this crisis is a temporary detour in the normal course of the events, so that in the near future capitalist economies will resume the high growth path observed before the crisis. In terms of the third question, there is a widespread view that the fundamental reason that explains the avoidance of the harmful experiences of 1929 was the fiscal and monetary policy expansions in developed countries. No important role is assigned to developing countries in terms of the effects of the financial crisis. This book challenges the prevailing orthodoxy surrounding the origins and the consequences of the 2008 financial crisis. The book demonstrates that measures in addition to a profound change in the financial regulation are required if a new financial crisis is to be avoided in the future, measures include: a change in the conduct of economic policy; a reform of the national and international monetary systems; and a radical change in the pattern of income distribution. This book is essential reading for all interested in macroeconomics, monetary policy, development economics and the global impact of the financial crisis.

The Great Recession and Developing Countries

Author : Mustapha K. Nabli
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821385143

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The Great Recession and Developing Countries by Mustapha K. Nabli Pdf

The book provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive reviews of the growth experience of a group of low and middle income countries before and during the global crisis. It then explores their growth prospects after the recovery and how they may be shaped by the new global economic environment.

The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World

Author : Ashwini Deshpande,Keith Nurse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415671286

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The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World by Ashwini Deshpande,Keith Nurse Pdf

The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments, developed and developing, to impose debilitating austerity measures that are exacerbating the structural weaknesses that caused the crisis in the first place. This volume offers historical insights into the origins of the contemporary crisis as well as detailed analyses of the financial and trade dimensions, an assessment of the technological and innovation context along with perspectives on the implications for unemployment and gender imbalances.

Globalization and Growth

Author : Michael Spence,Danny Leipziger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821382217

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Globalization and Growth by Michael Spence,Danny Leipziger Pdf

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the financial and economic crises of 2008-2009 and the economic and financial policy implications for growth in developing countries.