scholarly journals Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability: Current Policy Issues

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Hannig ◽  
Stefan Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy Issues

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Current Policy Issues

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Australian Bureau ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
Torres Strait Islander Health

This article addresses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health problems and critically investigates current government policies which are attempting to raise the health standards of these Indigenous people. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, which, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics census in 1986, stood at just over 61,000 or 2.4 per cent of the State's population.

FINANCIAL STABILITY AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION: THE CASE OF SME LENDING

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (01) ◽  
pp. 111-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER J. MORGAN ◽  
VICTOR PONTINES
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Nonperforming Loans ◽  
Z Scores ◽  
Negative Impacts

Developing economies are seeking to promote financial inclusion, i.e., greater access to financial services for low-income households and firms. This raises the question of whether greater financial inclusion tends to increase or decrease financial stability. A number of studies have suggested both positive and negative impacts on financial stability, but very few empirical studies have been made. This study focuses on the implications of greater financial inclusion for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for financial stability. It estimates the effects of measures of the share of bank lending to SMEs on two measures of financial stability — bank nonperforming loans and bank Z scores. We find some evidence that an increased share of lending to SMEs aids financial stability by reducing non-performing loans (NPLs) and the probability of default by financial institutions.

The German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND): Evolution and Current Policy Issues

2010 ◽  
pp. 789-805
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Operational Control ◽  
Military Intelligence ◽  
The West ◽  
German Government ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Intelligence Services ◽  
Intelligence Agencies ◽  
The Cold War

This article discusses German's foreign intelligence services through the context of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND). Unlike other intelligence services of other nations, Germany has no separate military intelligence. The BND serves as Germany's sole foreign and military espionage agency. It also does not have an acknowledged capacity of covert operations compared to the intelligence agencies of other nations. The BND was established in 1956 as part of the West German rearmament within the NATO framework; however, by the time of its establishment the Bonn government had already abandoned its previous efforts to build a military intelligence organization from scratch and with people of its own. Because of this, the BND was under American operational control during the Cold War and German intelligence professionals have served as mercenaries for the Americans over a period of ten years, giving Americans an unique intelligence asset inside the West German government. In this article, the discussions include the evolution of the BND and the current issues faced by the German intelligence services.

Japan’s Banking Regulation: Current Policy Issues

1990 ◽  
pp. 33-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dale ◽  
Maximilian Hall ◽  
Henry S. Terrell ◽  
C. Maxwell Watson
Keyword(s):  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy Issues

Optimal Control Theory and Grants in Aid

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Livesey
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Optimal Control Theory ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Freedom Of Action

The methodology of optimal control theory is used to highlight some of the current policy issues raised in the United Kingdom by the central government's allocation of grants to local authorities. It is shown that there is a link between the number of policy variables and targets and the freedom of action of individual local authorities. One consequence of current policy is shown to be that it makes optimal control theory an even more relevant tool for the analysis of the rate support grant system. Another is that the demise of local control appears to be the logical outcome in the long run.

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