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The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2011' is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. It provides data for more than 20 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single page for each of the World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000. These more than 200 country pages are supplemented by aggregate data for regional and income groupings

"In the 1920s, the South Side was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline -- a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher Robert Reed explores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South Side. The economic crisis caused diverse responses from groups in the black community, distinguished by their political ideologies and stated goals. Some favored government intervention, others reform of social services. Some found expression in mass street demonstrations, militant advocacy of expanded civil rights, or revolutionary calls for a complete overhaul of the capitalist economic system. Reed examines the complex interactions among these various groups as they played out within the community as it sought to find common ground to address the economic stresses that threatened to tear the Black Metropolis apart"--Provided by publisher

Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between China and the United States. Events late in 2004 demonstrated the volatility of the situation, as Taiwan's legislative elections unexpectedly preserved a slim majority for supporters of closer relations with China. Beijing, nevertheless, thr

The expansion of Russian capital into the finance sector in the countries of the CIS, primarily in the respective banking systems, is an important marching route. Russian banks are active in nearly all countries of the Commonwealth and are founding branch offices, subsidiaries and agencies there, and are buying shares in the domestic banks. They are gradually expanding their business activities: while they previously did most of their business with two-way money transfers and operations in currencies of limited convertibility, they are now working with securities and are issuing loans to industrial enterprises in the partner countries. In some countries it was the Russian banks that first introduced modern banking services, new, efficient forms of money transfer and financial instruments. Russian capital has most recently been attempting to gain a footing in the insurance industries of some countries and in the securities markets, although it is hardly in evidence there as yet. Until not so long ago, the large-scale use of the Russian rouble in mutual payments helped to consolidate Russia's economic position. However, as a result of recent events on the Russian financial market, the rouble is gradually being displaced from the clearing system, and this could in future have severe negative consequences for Russia's economic role in the region. (BIOst-Dok)

Ein wirtschaftlicher Niedergang leitete die Auflösung der ehemaligen Sowjetunion ein, und die Hoffnungen auf eine Kehrtwende durch eine liberale Wirtschaftspolitik in einem demokratischen Rußland waren 1990/91 groß. Politisch betrachtete sich das postsowjetische Rußland als ein natürlicher Nachfolger der früheren Großmacht, wobei auch ein ökonomischer Anschluß lediglich eine Frage der Zeit zu sein schien. Die neue Wirtschaftspolitik orientierte sich an dem Modell der westlichen Industrienationen und versuchte das dort Bewährte in Rußland zu implementieren. Transformationspolitisch ging es insbesondere um eine zügige Privatisierung, Liberalisierung und außenwirtschaftliche Öffnung, um die Wettbewerbsordnung zu stärken, den Mechanismus der Bildung gleichgewichtiger Preise wirken zu lassen und durch Kapitalimport den technologischen Rückstand der Wirtschaft zu beheben. Allerdings erwies sich das Beharrungsvermögen der vorhandenen Strukturen als groß, und die mentalen Widerstände stellten sich als kaum überwindbar heraus. Die Durchsetzung eines umfassenden Reformkonzepts wurde somit in weiten Tei- len verhindert. (BIOst-Dok)

Several issues make financial inclusion challenging in Indonesia. The pandemic has adversely affected people's income, often leaving them unable to cover their basic daily needs. Since many are in need of quick access to cash, there has been an uptick in instant financing solutions (Fu and Mishra, 2020; Najaf, 2020). Whilst these can provide the necessary funds with relative ease and flexibility via immediate loans offer, the repayment terms are often very steep. Another issue is that, many do not stop to consider the legality of the lenders (Sitepu, 2020). This means that they are often unaware that they are engaging with unlicensed moneylenders or other such entities, who charge very high interest rates, and insist on dubious procedural terms. As a result, borrowers are often trapped into taking on an ever-increasing financial burden, which can lead to family problems, and even to divorce (Rizki, 2021). This essay examines this phenomenon, and other challenges encountered in achieving greater financial inclusion in Indonesia.