河北省村镇银行加速发展分析

河北省首家村镇银行——张北信达村镇银行股份有限公司已经于2008年6月26日正式开业,在推动农村经济发展、改善农民生活、帮助农民创业等方面发挥了重要作用。但是,相对于其他省份,河北的村镇银行发展速度还有待加快。首先分析了村镇银行发展现状,接着阐述了河北加快发展村镇银行的可行性,最终在分析外省问题的基础上,提出加快河北村镇银行发展的建议。     

国家自主性、中央银行独立性与国际货币合作——德国国际货币政策选择的政治逻辑

政治经济学文献表明,通过将货币政策交给具有独立性的中央银行来管理,政府可以增强货币政策承诺的可信性。但是,具有独立性的中央银行在政治过程中也构成了一个否决行为体,从而有可能限制国家(政府)的自主性。根据"结构导致的均衡"的分析视角,如果国家偏好与中央银行偏好不一致,何者可以转化为权威性行为将取决于该国的政治制度。在国内政治制度的变革难以实现的情况下,国家可以通过参与国际制度与国际谈判来改变中央银行与政府之间的既有均衡,并使这种均衡朝着增强国家自主性的方向演变。作为世界上独立程度最高的中央银行之一,德国联邦银行担心欧洲货币合作会干扰其维护国内币值稳定的目标,更不愿通过放弃本国货币马克来推进货币一体化。但是,德国联邦政府通过其在国际制度与国际谈判中享有的信息优势与合法性,克服了德国联邦银行对欧洲货币合作的反对,推动建立了欧洲货币体系和欧洲货币联盟。     

Some aspects of financial policies and central banking in developing countries

Economic development can be not only facilitated but its pace can be quickened by the appropriate development of the financial system. This paper indicates the broad contours of a set of financial policies essential for the evolution of a sound and well-integrated financial system and emphasizes the role of a central bank not only as a regulator but also as a promoter of such a system. It is strange that this dual role of central banks is not sufficiently appreciated by the international institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.     

论政策性银行与财政部门的配合

针对十五计划“完善和发挥政策性银行功能”的要求 ,本文认为 ,目前政策性银行功能尚未发挥出来 ,财政与政策性银行的配合不佳是最重要的制约因素。以国家开发银行为例 ,文章分析了我国财政与政策性银行配合中存在的问题 ,最后有针对性地提出了加强财政与政策性银行配合的政策建议 ,其核心建议是财政加大对政策性银行的支持 ,同时政府对财政和政策性银行加强宏观调控 ,使之形成合力 ,发挥各自效能     

金融生态环境渐入佳境

作为城市金融功能定位,济南的视野已经不再仅仅局限于本市,至少是山东省和环渤海经济圈了。以黄河中下游为轴线,沪宁以北、京津以南、西安以东的合围区域内,济南市相对于其他大中城市,金融资源最为丰富,企业获取资金的便捷程度最高,外地贷款余额的比重已经超过30%。这表明济南作为区域金融中心具备了初步的影响力。     

Development Bank lending: The Cameroon experience

The purpose of the paper is to analyse the lending activities of the Cameroon Development Bank, which was established to promote the economic development of Cameroon, particularly in the industrial field. It is found that most of the Bank's lending has been in the form of short-term loans for financing marketing activities, housing and household equipment, and that to this extent the Bank has not so far played its intended role in promoting industrial development. Consequently, it is suggested that in future the Bank should place greater emphasis on the granting of credits to finance industrial operations which utilize Cameroon's agricultural resources.     

中国平安并购深发展的经济后果研究

文章从资本市场的市场反应和财务指标变动趋势来检验该并购的经济后果。研究发现,在并购公告期间中国平安的累计超额收益率跑赢了大市,投资者看好这次并购事件;从财务指标变动趋势发现,中国平安和深发展的盈利能力稳健,成长能力和营运能力逐渐增强,企业现金流顺畅,财务风险水平下降,长期将产生协同效应。并购双方达到了双赢的经济后果,利好双方。案例启示：并购为金融企业分散经营风险、实现综合经营和实现外延式增长提供机会;综合经营战略下我国金融企业可以适时稳健地开展并购在内的资本运作。     

Sweden's first bank-notes

Abstract

Sweden's first bank, Stockholms Banco, began to function in 1657. Its name is familiar among economic historians because it was the first bank in Europe to issue bank-notes in the modern sense of the word. It is exactly three hundred years since this issue began, and to celebrate the jubilee the Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) has published a work on the first Swedish bank-notes; its author IS Aleksandrs Platbārzdis of the Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm. The book is beautifully produced and richly illustrated.     

The Structure of Production,the Balance of Payments and Growth in Developing Countries: An Essay in Memory of Mohammed Nureldin Hussain 1954–2005

Abstract: This essay commemorates the work of Mohammed Nureldin Hussain who was Chief Research Economist in the African Development Bank, and Editor of the African Development Review from 2003 to his untimely death in 2005. It focuses on five aspects of his work: his emphasis on the role of the structure of production and trade for an understanding of growth rate differences between countries; his development of the balance of payments constrained growth model with capital flows; the application of this model to compare the performance of African and Asian countries; his use of this model as an alternative to the Harrod–Domar growth model for estimating the financing requirements in Africa to meet the Millennium Poverty Reduction targets by 2015 — and also for estimating the impact of the Highly Indebted Poor Country initiative on growth and poverty reduction in Africa, and finally, his critical appraisal in the 1980s of the supply‐side approach to devaluation in his own country, the Sudan.     

The potential of and obstacles to agriculture in the Southern African Development Community

This article focuses on the potential of and obstacles to agriculture in the Southern Afri can Development Community. The potential for horizontal and vertical expansion of agri cultural production is discussed Specific attention is given to problems of data availabil ity, macroeconomic policy and trade in the region, inadequate research, technology de velopment and extension, human capital and land tenure. The article integrates the con tributions of an African Development Bank study, regional policy and macroeconomic programmes, international studies on potential population‐supporting capacity and re gional rural and agricultural programmes.     

A study of the old Danish aristocracy

Abstract

Hugo E. Pipping's major work on the early history of the Bank of Finland and its development from being the sole bank in Finland to its assumption of the role of central bank with its own gold reserves is not merely the history of a bank. It describes fully the beginning of the Finnish banking system and analyses the unique monetary conditions of the country. In the process the Bank itself sometimes recedes into the background of the story, but this approach has yielded a rich harvest.     

次贷危机对金融业的影响与启示

美国的次级抵押贷款危机对美国金融业带来了一次严重的打击，由于在资产证券化过程中各类衍生产品十分复杂，使得各金融机构在应对风险时缺乏正确的处理方式，包括中国商业银行在内的众多金融机构在此次次贷危机中都遭受了巨大的损失。本文讲述了贝尔斯登以及中国银行等受到次贷的影响，并从中挖掘对中国商业银行经营的重要启示。     

Institutionalisation without internalisation. The cultural dimension of French-German conflicts on European Central Bank independence

When accepting the Maastricht treaty, the members of the Euro-zone agreed on the establishment of a very independent European Central Bank (ECB). Over the years, however, French political leaders systematically brought forward proposals undermining the ECB’s independence, much to the dismay of their German counterparts. This pattern of political disagreement on central bank independence has again surfaced during the current sovereign debt crisis, and has contributed to the discord amongst the Euro-zone members on the causes and proper solutions to the problems. This article conducts tests of various factors generally expected to influence the preference for central bank independence. It shows that economic explanations are unable to account for the persistent differences amongst European member-states on this issue. In contrast, national differences in political and economic culture and especially a nation’s score on the dimension Power Distance—its acceptance of centralisation of power in political leaders or institutions—does show a correlation with the different levels of internalisation of the norm of central bank independence. These findings show that institutionalisation of economic norms does not imply their internalisation by the political and the economic elite. In the broader context of current European politics, this may mean that even if European leaders will be able to come up with a common institutional answer to the current crisis, more profound convergence of their underlying economic and political cultures is needed for the successful and sustainable implementation of these solutions.     

国际制度对国内政治的影响机制——来自理性选择制度主义的解释

近些年来,理性选择制度主义者为国际制度的国内影响发展了几种重要的因果机制。理性选择制度主义主要探讨了在行为体偏好给定的条件下,国际制度如何改变了国内行为体在信息、权力和利益分布上的既有均衡状态,从而影响了国内政治的结果。如果国内制度具有集权的特点,国际制度就可以作为信号和承诺装置;如果国内制度具有分权的特点,国际制度就可以用来对权力资源进行再分配。但这两种效应往往发生在国际制度对国家行为的约束力较强时。当国际制度对国家行为的约束力较弱时,国际制度可以作为社会集团的政治动员工具。     

The contribution of agricultural economics to development

Agricultural economics is an applied discipline with a broadly based application to development theory. The importance of agriculture in economic development has led to pressing demands on the role which agricultural economists are required to play. At all stages, a major part of the planning and implementation input is contributed by agricultural economists. The development of agricultural economics was therefore dynamic as well as problem related. Within the Southern African development context, the agricultural economist has had a long standing involvement. For example, Professor F R Tomlinson chaired the important Tomlinson Commission in the 1950s, while Dr Simon Brand is the Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Both are agricultural economists. In general, agricultural economics has contributed to the fields of research and training, smallholder and rural development, project planning and management, and the formulation, planning and analysis of macro‐policy.     

论新时期农业发展银行贷款风险管理

农业发展银行是全国惟一面向"三农"的国有政策性银行,在建设社会主义新农村中将充分体现政策性信贷职能.但长期以来一直困扰农业发展银行的不良贷款以及贷款风险管理问题,在打造农业发展银行现代银行制度中形成"瓶颈"制约.文章拟根据基层分行的实际,就农业发展银行不良贷款的成因、体现及贷款风险管理的措施作粗略探讨.     

提升农村金融在新农村建设中整合力的对策

文章对当前农村金融所面临的困境进行了深入探讨,从银行业金融机构和非银行业金融两个层面分析了农村金融在新农村建设中存在的诸多困境;从农村信用社、农业发展银行、中国农业银行、邮政储蓄银行、农业保险和农村非正规金融等方面提出了整合农村金融的对策,化解新农村建设中农村金融面临的困境,从而推进社会主义新农村建设。     

商业银行形态开发性金融机构发展模式研究

国家开发银行改制转型与中国改革开放同呼吸、共命运,有很强的探索性、艰巨性和长期性。在社会主义初级阶段,开行作为国家开发性金融机构,承担大量政策性任务,在经济社会发展中的作用十分重要。积极探索商业银行形态的开发性金融机构发展模式是必要的、也是可行的。开行未来的发展,应当坚持“债券银行”,坚持以中长期政策性业务为主,不断改进和完善市场化运行机制,走与传统商业银行不同的发展路子,实现与商业银行差异化发展。当前迫切需要建立健全商业银行框架下开展开发性业务的区别监管政策、激励机制和法律保障。     

Bank Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda Commercial Bank

Because large state-owned banks are often the only financial service providers in remote areas of low-income countries, policymakers worry that even if privatization improves performance, it might reduce access. We study this issue through a case study: the privatization of Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) to the South African bank Stanbic. Though market segmentation remains a concern since Stanbic faces little or no direct competition in many remote areas, some innovative aspects of the sales agreement have enabled the bank to improve its profitability while maintaining, or even improving, access to financial services for some hard-to-serve groups.     

金砖国家多边经济合作的新趋势

"金砖国家"正在推动改革世界银行、国际货币基金组织等国际金融机构,倡导多边主义和国际关系民主化,维护发展中国家的权益。在建立国际经济新秩序过程中,"金砖国家"致力于创立多元化和更加稳定的国际货币体系,"金砖国家"对促进发展和世界经济复苏做出了贡献。"金砖国家"将在保持世界经济稳定方面发挥更重要的作用。