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Beginning with the 2008 global crisis in the United States, and
particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic shook economies around the
world, academics, practitioners, and other experts have become
increasingly sensitised to the potential for financial and economic
fragility to result in a systemic breakdown. Presenting a synopsis
of lessons learnt from financial crises arising out of the 19th,
20th and 21st centuries, each entry examines a unique past issue to
help to develop future outcomes, operating as a touchstone for
further research. This Encyclopedia is vital for those who wish to
learn from the past in preparation for economic turbulence ahead.
With wide coverage of causes, events and outcomes, it offers an
insightful sample of financial crises in various regions and times
throughout modern history. This authoritative work will be
incredibly useful for students and scholars of finance management,
policy and economics. Key Features: Over 100 entries written by
experts in the field International scope with entries on financial
crises around the world, covering six continents A plethora of
entries on terms and phenomena to better understand the financial
crisis history and literature
Professor Hsu provides a valuable introduction for students to the
recent economic history of the three Asian giants: China, India,
and Japan, along with an informative discussion of the economic
challenges they confront as they jointly contribute to what is
likely to become known as the Asian century.' - Nicholas C. Hope,
Stanford Center for International Development and SCID China
Program, USEconomic Reform in Asia compares and analyzes the reform
and development patterns of China, India, and Japan from both
historical and developmental perspectives. Sara Hsu specifically
focuses on China's reform and opening-up in 1979, India's
accelerated liberalization in 1991, and the outset of the Meiji
Restoration in Japan in 1878. This detailed overview of growth
patterns in Asia's largest economies is invaluable, especially in
its determination to understand which development policies work,
what role institutions play in development, and what issues may
arise during said development. The book first provides an overview
of the countries' development trajectories and introduces the
theoretical constructs associated with them. The text focuses on
key aspects of development for comparison, such as poverty and
inequality, rural to urban migration, human capital, and the impact
of development on the environment, trade, and economic future of
these three countries. The relative success of reforms and their
political and economic effects are also discussed. This
comprehensive book will be of interest to students, as it provides
an impressive overview of three Asian countries' development, as
well as for scholars in the field who are looking for a thoughtful
and complex discussion of reform from different perspectives.
This fascinating volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of the
events, causes and outcomes of the major financial crises from 1929
to the present day. Beginning with an overview of the global
financial system, Sara Hsu presents both theoretical and empirical
evidence to explain the roots of financial crises and financial
instability in general. She then provides a thorough breakdown of a
number of major crises of the past century, both in the United
States and around the world. Hsu's thorough and ambitious survey
begins with the Great Depression of 1929, the first crisis created
within the institutions of our current financial system, and moves
through the aftermath of the Depression in the 1930s and 1940s, the
inter-crisis period of the 1950s through the 1970s, and the
emerging market debt default crisis of the 1980s. From there, she
tackles major crises in specific countries from the 1990s on,
including those in Mexico, Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea
and Malaysia), Russia, Brazil and Argentina, as well as the Great
Recession of 2008. The book concludes with a chapter detailing
insightful policy recommendations for preventing future crises.
Students and professors of economic history, financial and
regulatory economics and banking will find this an invaluable
resource, both for its comprehensive historical approach and its
thoughtful look toward the future of the global economy.
In the present global context, some countries still face many
challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and
environmentally sustainable development. Simultaneously, the stakes
of survival are rising, as climate change exacerbates both
environmental and social ills. Asia as a region is particularly
vulnerable, as it is densely populated and includes both developed
and developing countries. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable
Development in Asia seeks to examine these issues in depth.
Presenting a comprehensive literature review, as well as numerous
case studies, this book examines sustainable development from
economic and social perspectives, as well as from an environmental
viewpoint. Divided into seven parts, the topics addressed include:
Environmental challenges Energy dependence and transition Economic
justice Social welfare Sustainable governance Providing
comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of countries in the
region, this handbook will be useful for students and scholars of
sustainable development, environment and society, and Asian Studies
in general.
Financial technology-or fintech-is gaining in popularity globally
as a way of making financial services more efficient and
accessible. In rapidly developing China, fintech is taking off,
catering to markets that state-owned banks and an undersized
financial sector do not serve amid a backdrop of growing
consumption and a large, tech-savvy millennial generation. It is
becoming increasingly likely that some of China's fintech firms
will change the way the world does business. In China's Fintech
Explosion, Sara Hsu and Jianjun Li explore the transformative
potential of China's financial-technology industry, describing the
risks and rewards for participants as well as the impact on
consumers. They cover fintech's many subsectors, such as digital
payment systems, peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, credit card
issuance, internet banks, blockchain finance and virtual
currencies, and online insurance. The book highlights the
disruption of traditional banking as well as the risks of fintech
and regulatory technology. Hsu and Li describe major companies
including Alipay and Tencent, developer of WeChat Pay and a
wealth-management business, and other leading fintech firms such as
Creditease, Zhong An Insurance, and JD Finance. Offering expert
analysis of market potential, risks, and competition, as well as
case studies of firms and consumer behavior, China's Fintech
Explosion is a must-read for anyone interested in one of the
world's breakout sectors.
In the present global context, some countries still face many
challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and
environmentally sustainable development. Simultaneously, the stakes
of survival are rising, as climate change exacerbates both
environmental and social ills. Asia as a region is particularly
vulnerable, as it is densely populated and includes both developed
and developing countries. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable
Development in Asia seeks to examine these issues in depth.
Presenting a comprehensive literature review, as well as numerous
case studies, this book examines sustainable development from
economic and social perspectives, as well as from an environmental
viewpoint. Divided into seven parts, the topics addressed include:
Environmental challenges Energy dependence and transition Economic
justice Social welfare Sustainable governance Providing
comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of countries in the
region, this handbook will be useful for students and scholars of
sustainable development, environment and society, and Asian Studies
in general.
Informal finance consists of nonbank financing activities, whether
conducted through family and friends, local money houses, or other
types of financial associations. It has provided much-needed
financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in particular, in
the face of a tightly constrained and overburdened formal banking
system. Unable to obtain a bank loan, firms have relied upon
individuals and informal organizations outside of the banking
system to obtain financing for their ventures or working capital
(operating funds). Presently there is a scarcity of information on
informal finance in China and it is expected to have a significant
impact upon GDP and money supply.
This book, with contributions from leading scholars, describes the
evolution, characteristics, and variation of informal finance in
China from American and Chinese perspectives. Literature by Jiang
Shuxia, Jiang Xuzhao, and Li Jianjun has heretofore been available
only in Chinese, while work by Kellee Tsai, Jianwen Liao, Harold
Welsch, David Pistrui, and Sara Hsu has been available in English.
For the first time, they come together to discuss informal
financing and its many aspects.
Most of the essays are based upon original survey research
conducted locally, as this type of data is not normally collected
by the government. The papers pioneer the description and analysis
of the nuances of informal finance from several perspectives; the
authors look at the social, cultural, political, and economic
causes of informal finance, its many variations, and its economic,
personal, and political ramifications.
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