Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Clips



Interview with Justice Srikrishna, Chairman, FSLRC

http://www.ifmr.co.in/blog/2013/04/16/interview-with-justice-srikrishna-chairman-fslrc/

The outbreak that enabled urbanisation: London in "The Ghost Map"

"It is August 1854, and London is a city of scavengers."

http://financingcities.ifmr.co.in/blog/2013/04/16/the-outbreak-that-enabled-urbanisation-london-in-the-ghost-map/

Hurdles to new financial code

The draft Indian Financial Code puts consumer protection at the heart of the financial system.

http://www.livemint.com/Money/nkpAhAcZpmFuIBgc9hd8IO/Hurdles-to-new-financial-code.html

RBI will introduce plastic notes on trial basis: Chakrabarty

Reserve Bank of India plans to introduce plastic notes on a trial basis, according to K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/banking/rbi-will-introduce-plastic-notes-on-trial-basis-chakrabarty/article4623913.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

Time SEBI got more teeth

So, you can be a college-mate-turned-confidante of the chairman of a conglomerate, his advisor for new ventures, director in his companies and still buy shares of a group company just days before it makes a major announcement without fear of being called an 'insider'.

http://www.thehindu.com/business/time-sebi-got-more-teeth/article4617434.ece

Does "Effective Interoperability" Equal Financial Inclusion?

In the work CGAP and Bankable Frontier Associates (BFA) did on Pakistan last year, we identified a way to measure progress on interoperability in retail payments in a country.

http://www.cgap.org/blog/does-%E2%80%9Ceffective-interoperability%E2%80%9D-equal-financial-inclusion

Silos No More: Financial Inclusion for the Whole Value Chain

Financial services and enterprise development practitioners often exist in their own separate silos—yet very poor producers need both increased access to markets and financial services in order to increase resilience and economic well-being.

http://cfi-blog.org/2013/04/16/silos-no-more-financial-inclusion-for-the-whole-value-chain/

The World's Three-Speed Economic Recovery

The main theme of our latest outlook is one that you have now heard for a few days: we have moved from a two-speed recovery to a three-speed recovery.

http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2013/04/16/the-worlds-three-speed-economic-recovery/

Researchers Finally Replicated Reinhart-Rogoff, and There Are Serious Problems.

In 2010, economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff released a paper, "Growth in a Time of Debt." Their "main result is that...median growth rates for countries with public debt over 90 percent of GDP are roughly one percent lower than otherwise; average (mean) growth rates are several percent lower." Countries with debt-to-GDP ratios above 90 percent have a slightly negative average growth rate, in fact.

http://www.nextnewdeal.net/rortybomb/researchers-finally-replicated-reinhart-rogoff-and-there-are-serious-problems


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