DEV 7001B Finance for Development

Question 1. Using latest available data from World Bank's Global Findex database forany country from the Sub Saharan Africa region, discuss trends in financial inclusion and channels through which it can promote economic growth.

Question 2. Is fin-tech the new panacea for poverty alleviation and local development? Critically examine using the relevant literature and country examples.

Question 3. Does increased aid availability lead to increased economic growth? Critically examine this statement supported by related literature and country examples?

Question 4. You are an economic adviser to a country where substantial oil resources have been recently discovered leading to a sharp increase in capital inflows. As an economic adviser what would be your recommendations to the government on managinginflows of short-term capital. Your answer should be well supported by theory and empirical evidence citing relevant literature and country examples.

Question 5. To what extent private portfolio investments in developing countries benefit the recipient countries? What strategies developing countries can adopt to make private foreign investment fit with their development agenda and also attractive for foreign investors? Discuss your answer with country examples.

Question 6. Should Monetary Policy take Inequality and Climate Change into Account?Critically examine this statement using relevant literature and country examples.

Attachment:- Finance for Development.rar