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Reconsidering UK Community Development Finance
Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) first came to prominence in the UK around ten years ago as means of providing loans to people and enterprises excluded from mainstream finance. They were designed to create a positive cycle of investment, re-development and opportunity for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities by providing much-needed capital. nef has conducted an in-depth survey to take stock, evaluate CDFIs achievements to date and inform the next stage of their development.
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By NEF,UK.
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Macro Economic Policy Resource.
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Power Shift: Do we need better global economic institutions?
26 Jan. The world is changing. We are now at the beginning of a new era, shaped by technological, economic and social progress and by global interdependence. What happens in one place now affects those of us who live elsewhere. Over the past year, the powerful international agencies – the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank – have been emasculated. International institutions influence the fears and aspirations of societies and in this they are crucial to managing globalisation. .
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By IPPR,UK.
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Macro Economic Policy Resource.
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Full disclosure: why bank transparency matters
Full disclosure: why bank transparency matters, says that UK banks could be doing much more to help some of the poorest people in the UK, simply by being clear and open about where they do business. The report provides the first detailed comparison with the US, where banks have disclosed detailed information since the mid-1970s. It shows how information revealed by the banks has been used to combat financial exclusion in some of the most deprived areas of the US, and has played a pivotal role in ensuring that over US$4.2 trillion of loans and credit reach people living in low income areas. nef believes that bank disclosure in the UK could prompt a real shift in the way banks view, act in and invest in some of the UK's most disadvantaged areas. .
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By NEF,UK.
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Macro Economic Policy Resource.
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Public Policy Research volume 13
16 January 2007 Public Policy Research (PPR) is a quarterly journal which provides a forum for writing and debate on the major policy issues of the day, publishing the finest international writers and thinkers, including academics, practitioners, and politicians. .
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By IPPR,UK.
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Macro Economic Policy Resource.
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| Tough Choices: the 2004 spending review "
The 2004 spending review in July will effectively set the priorities for policy and for public spending for the next Parliament. This makes the 2004 review at least as important as the contents of Labour?s future election manifesto and far more important than the 2004 Budget. The pamphlet reviews the tough choices the government will have to make in the review. Giving certain policies priority will inevitably mean de-emphasising others and in the context of relatively tight constraints on overall spending, the relative losers in the 2004 review will be all too apparent. By Peter Robinson of the Institute for Public Policy Research | By Institute for Public Policy Research , UK. | Macro Economic Policy Resource. |
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