Finance for development
Subtitle: Latin America in comparative perspective
By: Barbara Stallings, with Rogerio Studart.
Contributors: Studart, Rogério, 1961-; United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780815780854
Subjects: Finance -- Latin America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"United Nations.  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean."
Table of contents: title: Finance for development: issues and trends; title: Finance within a new development model in Latin America; title: Latin America's financial sector today: stylized facts; title: Substantive and methodological contributions; title: Overview of the book; title: Changes in Latin America's financial system since 1990: comparisons with East Asia; title: Financial liberalization, crisis, and the aftermath; title: Financial liberalization: literature and hypotheses; title: Financial liberalization: empirical trends; title: Financial liberalization and crisis; title: Rescue programs: costs and outcomes; title: Conclusions; title: Changes in ownership: public, private, and foreign banks; title: Bank ownership and institutional environment: literature and hypotheses; title: Trends in bank ownership; title: Ownership and performance; title: Ownership, institutions, and performance; title: Conclusions; title: Toward stability: regulation, supervision, and the macroeconomic context; title: Regulation and supervision: literature and hypotheses; title: Regulation and supervision: the state of the art; title: Regulation, supervision, and financial performance; title: Conclusions; title: From banks to capital markets: new sources of finance; title: Capital market performance: literature and hypotheses; title: Comparing financial market trends across regions; title: Analysis of financial market trends; title: Conclusions; title: The impact of the new financial system on investment and access in Latin America; title: Chile: mixed ownership provides a new model; title: Liberalization, crisis, and response; title: Changes in structure; title: Finance, investment, and growth; title: Access to finance for small firms; title: Conclusions; title: Mexico: foreign banks assume control; title: Liberalization, crises, and response; title: Changes in structure; title: Finance, investment, and growth; title: Access to finance for small firms; title: Conclusions; title: Brazil: public banks continue to play a key role; title: Liberalization, crises, and response; title: Changes in structure; title: Finance, investment, and growth; title: Access to credit by small firms; title: Conclusions; title: Policy recommendations for a stronger financial system; title: A policy agenda for the financial sector; title: Banks and capital markets since 1990; title: Toward a policy agenda on finance; title: Final comments.