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The impact of bank capital on profitability and risk in Asian banking

Lee, Chien-Chiang; Hsieh, Meng-Fen - In: Journal of International Money and Finance 32 (2013) C, pp. 251-281

This article applies the Generalized Method of Moments technique for dynamic panels using bank-level data for 42 Asian countries over the period 1994 to 2008 to investigate the impacts of bank capital on profitability and risk. Ignoring influence factors, the extant literature presents an...

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Privatization of airports in Asia

Hooper, Paul - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 8 (2002) 5, pp. 289-300

It has been claimed that Asia lags behind the rest of the world in the privatization of airports. At the same time, the … existing airports in Asia. Although the models used to accommodate the private sector appear similar to those used elsewhere …, governments in Asia have retained majority control in every case. Despite the fact that some governments say that efficiency is …

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Tamaño y Riesgo en los Mercados Financieros

Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper examines relationships between size and risk in financial markets. Based on the work of Makridakis / Taleb [2009] and Taleb / Tapiero [2009], presents the problems of excessive risk and imbalances caused by the size of firms. Markets mixed on firm growth traps externalities can...

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Living Within Conflicts: Risk of Violence and Livelihood Portfolios

Rockmore, Marc - Households in Conflict Network - 2012

This paper provides a comprehensive view of household responses to insecurity by examining chances along the extensive and intensive margins of livelihoods during a conflict. In particular, it examines how insecurity affects both the choice of activities and the composition of associated...

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The power of WASH: Why sanitation matters for nutrition

Spears, Dean; Haddad, Lawrence James - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Water, sanitation, and hygiene can have a profound effect on health and nutrition. A growing base of evidence on the link between sanitation, child height, and well-being has come at an opportune time, when the issue of sanitation and nutrition in developing countries has moved to the top of the...

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Food safety: Reducing and managing food scares

Grace, Delia; McDermott, John - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

A series of high-profile food-related scares around the globe has drawn attention to the issue of food safety and other health risks associated with agriculture. Because the scope of the problem is different at different levels of economic development, we need nuanced policy options to promote...

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Reaching the missing middle: Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in middle income countries

Fan, Shenggen; Cousin, Ertharin - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Eliminating hunger and malnutrition around the globe cannot be achieved without a new approach to dealing with the problem in middle income countries. Here’s why this is so, how the middle income countries should respond, and what the international community can do to help.

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The business imperative: Helping small family farmers to move up or move out

Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so. Second, for those who aren’t profitable, we need to help them shift to other economic...

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Regional developments: Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Badiane, Ousmane; Collins, Julia; Makombe, Tsitsi; … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the …, and food trade in the Middle East and North Africa 3. Economic challenges and opportunities for Central Asia’s food system … 4. Responses to high food inflation and climatic risk in South Asia 5. Laying of the groundwork for multilateral …

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Conflict and food insecurity: How do we break the links?

Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Trinh Tan, … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Food and nutrition insecurity are becoming increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries, affecting millions of people. Policies and interventions that build resilience to these shocks have the power to not only limit the breadth and depth of conflict and violence around the world,...

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