Essays about: "IMF world bank"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words IMF world bank.
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1. Heterogeneity in demand for credit payment protection insurance
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : Household indebtedness has increased remarkably around the world in the last two decades (IMF, 2023) e.g., in Finland, where households borrow more, but also end up with economic difficulties where they cannot afford to amortize their loans (Tilastokeskus, 2023). READ MORE
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2. Climate, Coloniality and Financialization: A Decolonial Analysis of Global Climate Finance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Providing adequate climate finance, meaning funding for mitigation, adaptation or loss and damage, has been very high on the global policy agenda recently. The political economy and ecology behind it are much more complex and morally multidimensional than the mainstream finance world likes to present it though, which results in grave colonial injustices, international debt crises, deepened global inequalities and heightened climate vulnerabilities. READ MORE
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3. THE IMF, CHINA AND CONDITIONALITY
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This research is an attempt to critically examine the impact that China’s aid program has had upon IMF conditionality. By building upon the work of Diego Hernandez (2017) who found that with every 1% increase in Chinese aid, the World Bank typically lessens its conditions for market liberalisation and economic transparency by 15%, this paper looks at the background surrounding China’s rise to become an aid super power, the background of aid conditionality, and the IMF. READ MORE
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4. Rational Institutional Design of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Bounded Rationality Embedded in A Change-through-Continuity Characteristic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : As a Chinese initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a newly established multilateral financial institution which addresses the daunting infrastructure demands across Asia and furthers interconnectivity and economic development through advancement in infrastructure and other productive sectors. AIIB is envisaged to be built into a first-class multilateral development institution with 21st century governance, to cooperate with and be complementary to existing financial institutions. READ MORE
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5. Today's Credit Market - How to Avoid a House of Cards? : Austrian Full Reserves and the Chicago Plan as Alternatives to the Current Fractional Reserves
University essay from Södertörns högskola/NationalekonomiAbstract : Today’s household debt consists for the most part of credit money, and this general phenomenon does not only occur in Sweden. Money in the economy is mostly created by private banks, as much as 97 percent of the money in the United States, while central banks only create a very small share of all money. READ MORE
