New evidence on the behavior of saving in the world

This paper presents new evidence on the behavior of saving in the world, by extending previous empirical research in five dimensions. First, it is based on a very large and...

Posted on: February 25, 2015

Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion?

Publication Date: February 13, 2015 The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between the development of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries—members of the Organization for Islamic...

Posted on: February 16, 2015

A Strategy for Developing a Market for Nonperforming Loans in Italy...

Addressing the build-up of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in Italy since the global financial crisis will remain a challenge for some time and be important for supporting a sustained, robust economic...

Posted on: February 9, 2015

ADFIMI – TRNC Development Bank Joint Seminar on “Financial Analysis and...

The seminar began with welcoming remarks made by Ms. Fatma Kınış, General Manager of Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) Development Bank who welcomed all participants. She was followed by...

Posted on: February 2, 2015

Identifying Constraints to Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP and...

IMF Working Paper No. 15/22: A Structural Framework for Policy Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris ; Yan Ji ; Robert Townsend ; D. Filiz Unsal Summary: We develop a micro-founded general equilibrium model with...

Posted on: January 28, 2015

ADFIMI - BIM Joint Seminar on "International Project Finance & Cash...

The seminar began on time with a recitation from the Holy Quran. This was followed by Dr. Morteza Naderi’s speech in which he welcomed the ADFIMI staff and the resource person...

Posted on: January 2, 2015

After decades of consolidation, Wall Street is fragmenting

Dec 6th 2014 From the Economist print edition AS NEW YORK’S lefty mayor Bill de Blasio likes to say, the Big Apple is a tale of two cities, one on the...

Posted on: December 9, 2014

ABOUT ALBANIA Stiuated on the Balkan Peninsula

 ABOUT ALBANIA Situated on the Balkan Peninsula  See Map   Albania is a parliamentary republic. The capital, Tirana, is home to some 420.000 of the country’s 3 million people. Tirana is also the...

Posted on: November 19, 2014

G20 Brisbane Summit, 15-16 November 2014: The Communiqué

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Posted on: November 18, 2014

Foreign exchange fines: US and UK banks handed £2.6bn in penalties...

Regulators in US and UK mete out record fines after finding a ‘free for all culture’ on currency trading floors at RBS, HSBC, Citibank, JP Morgan and UBS The corruption of...

Posted on: November 17, 2014