... hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers For permission to photocopy ... explanation without intent to infringe Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Public administration inSoutheastAsia : Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macao / editor, Evan M ... politics in Hong Kong and China, and Asian administrative reforms He writes regular columns in the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao (in Chinese), and Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese) Professor...
... making powers in 2001 Private sector interest in expanding the plantation sector remains at least as strong as it was prior to the Asian financial crisis In a letter dated 22 May 2000, the Indonesian ... development, assuming that it represented a ceiling to expansion in the first place, will not be stretched again to facilitate the apparently ubiquitous investors' interest in oil palm, or in Indonesia's ... in 2003 into the impacts of the palm oil industry in South East Asia, its links to the European market and the involvement of European companies in the palm oil trade Research methodology into...
... management training We strongly believe that investments in people are of paramount importance in identifying and managing risk Trying to “revolutionise” 234 Christoph Freytag microfinance through ... easy to calculate and price The resulting increase in the size of the income may make such a product attractive to some poor people in certain situations – such as waiting for an offspring to finish ... middle-aged to start saving long-term while younger members borrow short-term to invest • savings can be used to secure future income (asset purchases in this example), to enhance future income (businesses...
... small savings commonly invest in small-scale farming – growing crops and rearing animals • Those with medium-sized savings invest in small businesses, e.g butcheries, trading or land to rent out ... working tools, small business, etc A key motive for saving through in- kind investment rather than saving in cash lies in the economic trends in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) The inflation ... retirement or in old age Those who can accumulate a lump sum invest in long-term businesses such as starting schools or renting houses in the towns and cities Save cash in banks: Saving in banks is...
... targeted at well-informed, more risktolerant investors.10 To increase investor confidence in the quality of the pool, the originator – the best informed investor – often retains the first loss ... finance enables a potential originator to transfer risk to investors Finally, since this financing technique permits banks to manage their risks more efficiently, securitisation is expected to ... Ehrbeck: “Optimising Capital Supply in Support of Microfinance Industry Growth”, a McKinsey & Co presentation to the Microfinance Investor Roundtable in Washington DC on 24-25 October 2006, organised...
... them to invest in microfinance assets MF CDOs are useful instruments to raise additional funding for MFIs while acquainting private investors to microfinance risk MF CDOs represent debt funding, ... Requirements In order to place ABS successfully with local or international investors, the originator has to provide rating agencies – and to a lesser extent investors – with data illustrating the ... considered low risk In some cases, as in South Africa, institutional investors actively urged potential originators to issue mortgage bonds In other cases, lobbying by investor groups led to legal changes...
... contributing to a more stable banking sector In addition, the banking sector becomes more transparent as securitisation brings more objective performance indicators into the market Experience indicates ... authorities in order to learn more about investors’ risk appetite and to introduce them to the emerging asset class of microloans or, more generally, microfinance risk In principle and from the point ... without crowding out private investors’ interest, but rather “crowding it in. ” Mobilising additional capital for the 150 to 300 financially CGAP Focus Note No 25 Foreign Investment in Microfinance...
... Structured Finance 371 ings to productive investment, while offering more choices to investors according to their risk appetites Providing these opportunities and financial technology to developing and ... with varying risk/return profiles to investors In the first and second closings, KfW made investments totalling EUR 11.8 million In the third closing in October 2006, KfW made an additional investment ... capital market beyond plain vanilla refinancing lines Even CDOs contribute to the development of local capital markets by increasing international investors’ interest in developing and transition economies...
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... Social Indicators Environmental and Natural Resource Indicators inSoutheastAsia 11 Livestock Production inSoutheastAsia 12 Freshwater Resources inSoutheastAsia ... nitrogen (NOx) • Increases in use of farm inputs To increase yields, Southeast Asian countries have to use modern crop varieties, improved farming techniques, and farm inputs including fertilizers ... programs • Infrastructure Introduce “climate proofing” in transport-related investments and infrastructure, starting with public buildings SoutheastAsia also has great mitigation potential In 2000,...
... M ưa lơn bao gây đổ vao Manila, Philippines tư thang ( AFP) ̃ ̀ ́ Tư đâu thang 10, dân Quang Binh, Viêt Nam đã phai lo chay lut (AFP) ̀ ́ ̉ ̀ ̣ ̉ ̣ ̣ Na y, lũ lut ... để ưng phó vơi nươc xe cộ không chay Ayutthaya (GettyImages) ̣ ́ ́ ̣ Sin h hoat vân tiêp tuc Trẻ em Quezon, Philippines hoc mưa (Reuters) ̣ ̃ ́ ̣ ̣ Đây là đơt lũ lut tệ nhât nhiêu thâp ... Giang, vung đông băng sông Cưu Long (Reuters) ̣ ̀ ́ ́ ̣ ̀ ̀ Tạ i Campuchia, nươc lut ngăn trơ sinh hoat cua nhiêu vung dân cư ta phai tim cach xoay xơ vi ̀ không thể di d đươc (Reuters) ̣ ̣...