CiNii Books - Contemporary issues in development finance

Contemporary Issues in Development Finance provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of theoretical and policy issues in development finance from both the domestic and the external finance perspectives and emphasizes addressing the gaps in financial markets. The chapters cover topical issues such as microfinance, private sector financing, aid, FDI, remittances, sovereign wealth, trade finance, and the sectoral financing of agricultural and infrastructural projects. Readers will acquire both breadth and depth of knowledge in critical and contemporary issues in development finance from a philosophical and yet pragmatic development impact approach. The text ensures this by carefully integrating the relevant theoretical underpinnings, empirical assessments, and practical policy issues into its analysis. The work is designed to be fully accessible to practitioners with only a limited theoretical economic background, allowing them to deeply engage with the book as useful reference material. Readers may find more advanced information and technical details provided in clear, concise boxes throughout the text. Finally, each chapter is fully supported by a set of review questions and by cases and examples from developing countries, particularly those in Africa. This book is a valuable resource for both development finance researchers and students taking courses in development finance, development economics, international finance, financial development policy, and economic policy management. Practitioners will find the development impact, policy, and conceptual analysis dimensions insightful analysing and designing intervention strategies.

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1. Introduction to contemporary issues in development finance 2. Finance, economic growth, and development 3. Microfinance and development 4. Private capital flows and economic growth 5. Remittances and development 6. Foreign aid and economic development 7. Global financial architecture: emerging issues and agenda for reforms 8. Sovereign wealth management 9. Sovereign debt management 10. Financial inclusion and economic growth 11. Financing agriculture for inclusive development 12. Financing sustainable development: new insights for the present and the future 13. International trade, finance, and development 14. Infrastructure financing and economic development 15. Finance and economic development: the role of the private sector

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