Abstract Development Banks are part of the financial landscape of the Eastern Caribbean. In one form or another they have been in existence since the late 1960s and have played a not too insignificant role in the financing ...

This paper explores how savings banks, cooperative banks, and development banks were founded as social reactions of self-defense in the 19th century, accumulated patient capital but suffered political capture in the early ...

Abstract This document analyses development banking in Jamaica, identifying its weaknesses and proposes solutions to address its shortcomings. The first part of the document provides an overview of development banking in ...

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is growing consensus that national development banks play a valuable role in development finance, at multilateral, regional and national level. This paper looks first at ...

The objective of this research is to present a theoretical-conceptual approach to the question of digital banking transformation, focusing on the main Brazilian banks. Contextualized on: the concepts related to the financial ...

This paper uses a new dataset to reassess the relationship between bank ownership and bank performance, providing separate estimations for developing and industrial countries. It finds that stateowned banks located in ...

Finding ways to downscale microfinance is one of the current challenges facing commercial banks, especially in developing countries. As banks have a poor knowledge of microfinance, operating in this market will require ...

In recent decades, seed banks have spread out worldwide as essential institutions for biodiversity preservation, like new Noah?s arks. However, little is known about the diversity of practices that are involved in them.The ...