Ten Years after Lehman: Where are we now?
The tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers is a good opportunity for us all to reflect on the global financial crisis and the lessons we have learned from it. By now, there is widespread...
View ArticleBank credit allocation in Latin America and the Caribbean
The recent economic growth performance of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been hampered by poor productivity growth. While many factors explain the poor productivity and...
View ArticleCan bank capital substitute for supervision and oversight?
Since its inception, bank capital regulation has been a topic of heated discussion and debate. At the international level, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has emerged as a global...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of big bad firms?
Superstar firms have been in the minds of world’s leading bankers and economists lately. Policymakers are concerned that America’s leading firms such as the FAANG stocks — Facebook, Apple, Amazon,...
View ArticleBorrowing for a rainy day: emergency loans in Bangladesh
Blog post by a student on the job market. Weather shocks are a constant and growing threat to much of the world’s rural population whose livelihoods depend on agriculture (Dercon, 2002). The cost of...
View ArticleZooming out for better clarity: sovereign asset and liability management
The balance sheet of sovereign entities is far more complex than the balance sheet of private companies. For example, the institutions that manage the assets of a sovereign are different than those...
View Article3 Ways to advance usage and drive impact in financial inclusion
Unprecedented technological advancements and corresponding innovations in business models have helped financial inclusion evolve beyond merely connecting people to a bank account. It is, for instance,...
View ArticleFinancial inclusion in Europe and Central Asia — the way forward?
If you are unbanked there is a high likelihood you are living on the edge of poverty, exclusion and vulnerability. If you struggle to attain or maintain a secure, well-paying job, you probably do not...
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