Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-9
Sources and Effectiveness of Financial Development: What We Know and What We Need to Know....Pages 10-37
The Poverty-Macroeconomic Policy Nexus: Some Short-Run Analytics....Pages 38-60
Finance and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Household-Level Analysis....Pages 61-86
Financial Sector Development, Savings Mobilization and Poverty Reduction in Ghana....Pages 87-119
Finance and Growth: An Empirical Assessment of the Indian Economy....Pages 120-140
Does Financial Openness Promote Economic Integration?....Pages 141-163
Does Financial Liberalization Influence Saving, Investment and Economic Growth? Evidence From 25 Emerging Market Economies, 1973–96....Pages 164-189
The Corporate Debt Market in India: An Analytical Study of Macroeconomic and Institutional Issues....Pages 190-211
Financial Markets and R&D Investments: A Discrete Time Model to Interpret Public Policies....Pages 212-230
Financial Sector Development and Total Factor Productivity Growth....Pages 231-259
The Effects of Regional Integration: Impact on Real Effective Exchange Rate Volatility, Institutional Quality and Growth for MENA Countries....Pages 260-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-317