Finance for development : Latin America in comparative perspective / Barbara Stallings with Rogerio Studart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stallings, Barbara.

Contributor:

Studart, Rogério, 1961-

United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Latin America.

Finance.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

viii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Latin America in comparative perspective

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2006]

Summary:

Access to finance is critical in setting the course for development in emerging market economies. In this innovative study, which provides the first book-length analysis of the Latin American financial sector, Barbara Stallings and Rogerio Studart examine the dramatic changes resulting from financial liberalization in the region.

Contents:

Finance for development: issues and trends

Changes in Latin America's financial system since 1990: comparisons with East Asia

Financial liberalization, crisis, and the aftermath

Changes in ownership: public, private, and foreign banks

Toward stability: regulation, supervision, and the macroeconomic context

From banks to capital markets: new sources of finance

The impact of the new financial system on investment and access in Latin America

Chile: mixed ownership provides a new model

Mexico: foreign banks assume control

Brazil: public banks continue to play a key role

Policy recommendations for a stronger financial system

A policy agenda for the financial sector.

Notes:

"United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815780850

OCLC:

62732652

Publisher Number:

9780815780854