Fridays Academy: Trade, Inequality, and the Poor
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's teaching notes.
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's teaching notes.
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's teaching notes.
From Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's teaching notes
Trade Barriers
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
Although there exists a near-consensus among economists that trade liberalization strongly promotes growth and reduces poverty, concern about its ill effects has not abated among policymakers and the general public. Against this backdrop, in upcoming weeks we will review the links between openness, growth, and poverty reduction after first presenting the rationale for trade.
The Rationale for Trade
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's teaching notes.
(This posting draws heavily and exclusively on ‘Microfinance and the Poor – breaking down walls between microfinance and formal finance.’ Littlefield, E. and R. Rosenberg (2004) Finance and Development, June.)
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
This week the Fridays Academy series falls on a Saturday (sorry for the delay)
From Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes:
Policy Measures to Increase Access to Financial Services
Like every Friday, from Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Financial Development
From Raj Nallari and Breda Griffith's lecture notes.
A large body of both theoretical and empirical literature supports a positive causal link between a well-functioning financial system and economic growth. In particular, the economic growth studies of the last decade show that financial depth causes economic growth and that it is one of the few robust determinants of the subsequent growth path of countries.