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This paper argues for a transformation of finance to support the economic and social transformation of the Middle East and North Africa. The paper first documents the existing financial system in the region. The system is heavily skewed toward banking, relative to non-banking services, such as stock and corporate bond markets, with significant heterogeneity across countries. Second, the paper discusses the stance of macroeconomic policy in the region, which has had important implications for the destination, profitability, and quality of bank lending and the limited evolution of the financial system. Third, the paper explores the impact of technology on financial development, with particular attention to prospects for the development of fintechs. Entrenched incumbency of banks has limited the role of non-bank operators in fostering market contestability and fintech development. The paper is a call to the authorities and policy makers in the Middle East and North Africa to break with the status quo and business as usual. It underscores the need for a "moonshot approach" focused on establishing the foundations of a new digital economy and its role in promoting a well-functioning and inclusive financial economy to support the development needs of the region.
Banking --- Digital Divide --- Digital Economy --- Economic Growth --- Finance and Development --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial Structures --- Financial System --- Financial Technology --- Fintech --- Information and Communication Technologies --- Information Technology --- Macroeconomic Policy --- Social Transformation --- Structural Transformation
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Corporations --- Agency (Law) --- Sociétés --- Mandat --- Finance --- Finances --- 658.152 --- -Business corporations --- C corporations --- Corporations, Business --- Corporations, Public --- Limited companies --- Publicly held corporations --- Publicly traded corporations --- Public limited companies --- Stock corporations --- Subchapter C corporations --- Business enterprises --- Corporate power --- Disincorporation --- Stocks --- Trusts, Industrial --- Attorneys --- Principal and agent --- Commercial law --- Contracts --- Partnership --- Commercial agents --- Mandate (Contract) --- Capital investment. Fixed assets. Use of funds --- -Capital investment. Fixed assets. Use of funds --- 658.152 Capital investment. Fixed assets. Use of funds --- -Attorneys --- Business corporations --- Sociétés --- Business finance --- Capitalization (Finance) --- Corporate finance --- Corporate financial management --- Corporation finance --- Financial analysis of corporations --- Financial management, Corporate --- Financial management of corporations --- Financial planning of corporations --- Managerial finance --- Going public (Securities) --- Corporations - Finance
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Do deposit insurance programs contribute to financial development? Yes, but only if the regulatory environment is sound.
Banking law --- Banks and banking --- Deposit insurance --- Risk --- Economic aspects
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Most discussions of corporate capital structure have been set in the context of a complete capital market. In this paper we study the determinants of capital structure for the incomplete markets case, where incompleteness manifests itself in the form of divergent borrowing and lending rates. We argue that firms have a natural incentive to tailor their financing choices so as to narrow such divergences. While this implies an optimal capital structure for firms in the aggregate, however, competition will drive out profits, and the capital structure of any individual firm may still be a matter of indifference. Firms' incentive to try to complete the market provides a rationale for corporate finance even in a taxless environment. This incentive may also shed light on such related issues as corporate mergers, the use of complex securities and the role of financial intermediaries.
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