| Banking in Latin America: After the Great Financial Crisis Contributor(s): Vento, Gianfranco A., Professor (Author), Vento (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230240178 ISBN-13: 9780230240179 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Banks & Banking - Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy - Business & Economics | International - General |
| Dewey: 332.1 |
| Series: Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institut |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite recently achieving high levels of economic growth, Latin America continues to be characterized by a weak and inefficient banking sector. Foreign banks have a significant presence, dollarization is high, and the region is characterized by peculiar boom and bust cycles in lending. In the first study of the banking sector in Latin America for thirty years, Gianfranco A. Vento investigates this paradox. Case studies of banking in the main Latin American countries discuss issues such as monetary policy, regulation, and capital markets. They are placed in the wider economic context of Latin America, and of the region's place in the global economy. Finally, Vento focuses on the banking sector in the wake of the global economic crisis, identifying the emergent trends for the future. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the economics of one of the world's most economically unstable regions. |