S/E/135. Review of emerging markets of Pakistan and Vietnam

The paper examines the emerging markets of Pakistan and Vietnam reviewing their political and economic features, identifying the main investment risks, describing stock market characteristics, addressing the issues of trade, and evaluating one market against the other.

P/E/504. Emerging markets of China and India

The paper examines the emerging markets of China and India using PEST analysis and the country risk assessment model, and comparing the features of both markets.

P/F/436. Entering emerging markets: risk assessment

The paper examines the risks of the expansion into emerging markets reviewing the opportunities they offer, highlighting the importance of risk assessment (RA), outlining RA techniques, RA advantages and disadvantages, etc. Entry methods into emerging markets are reviewed including exports, franchising, joint ventures and FDI.

P/F/414. Emerging markets vs. developed markets: comparative analysis

The paper examines the recent performance of emerging markets comparing indexes for the emerging markets ‘Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the developed US market. The issues of volatility, return distributions, opportunities for investors, etc. are discussed; the benefits of investing in emerging markets are outlined.

P/F/396. Risks at Indian financial market

The paper describes political, financial, legal, taxation and other the risks of the emerging Indian financial market discussing the nature of each form of risk, its background and future prospects for investment.

P/F/368. Implications of dollarisation policy in Argentina

The paper investigates the reasons behind the dollarisation policy in Argentina discussing its objectives, implications, advantages and disadvantages.

P/F/310. Utilizing US dollars as foreign currency

The paper addresses the problems of foreign currency utilization known as ‘dollarisation. Official and unofficial practices of dollarisation are reviewed; its advantages and disadvantages for participating countries are outlined drawing examples from the monetary policies in Latin America.

S/F/46. Explain why financial development is considered important for a developing country aiming to achieve economic growth. What do you consider to be best practice for developing countries undertaking financial liberalisation? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.

This paper begins by assessing the link between the financial sector and economic growth. This is a theoretical link but I also refer to authors who have established some causality. The paper then goes on to look at how a developing country might, in practice, liberalise its financial system, giving examples from Thailand.

P/F/195. Economic freedom in Emerging Markets

The paper discusses whether economic freedom support growth in emerging markets and analyses the benefits from capital control liberalisation for such countries.

P/F/71. Financial Liberalisation: The Channels of the Stimulation of Growth

This paper outlines the empirical evidence on the channels through which financial liberalisation might stimulate growth such as increased investment, higher investment efficiency, reduced cost of capital, and financial development in emerging markets.

G/ICM/10. Risk and return in emerging markets.