 | FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries : A Game Changer? Author/Editor: Amadou N Sy, Rodolfo Maino, Alexander Massara, Hector Perez Saiz, Preya Sharma. Release Date:February, 2019 FinTech is a major force shaping the structure of the financial industry in sub-Saharan Africa. New technologies are being developed and implemented in sub-Saharan Africa with the potential to change more...
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 | Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion? Author/Editor: Sami Ben Naceur, Adolfo Barajas, Alexander Massara. Release Date:February, 2015 The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between thedevelopment of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries—membersof the Organization for more...
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 | Shedding Light on Shadow Banking Author/Editor: Artak Harutyunyan, Alexander Massara, Giovanni Ugazio, Goran Amidzic, Richard Walton. Release Date:January, 2015 In this paper, we develop an alternative approach to estimate the size of the shadow banking system, using official data reported to the IMF complemented by other data sources. We base our more...
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 | Assessing Countries' Financial Inclusion Standing - A New Composite Index Author/Editor: Goran Amidžic, Alexander Massara, André Mialou. Release Date:February, 2014 This paper leverages the IMF’s Financial Access Survey (FAS) database to construct a new composite index of financial inclusion. The topic of financial inclusion has gathered significant attention more...
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 | Assessing Systemic Trade Interconnectedness : An Empirical Approach Author/Editor: Alexander Massara, Luca Errico. Release Date:September, 2011 The paper focuses on systemically important jurisdictions in the global trade network, complementing recent IMF work on systemically important financial sectors. Using the IMF''s Direction of Trade more...
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