Authors:Kiatchai Sophastienphong, Yibin Mu, Carlotta Saporit
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: term, finance, growth, developing, markets, asian, bond, south
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2008-08-29
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821376012
ISBN-13: 9780821376010

The financial sectors in South Asia Region (SAR) are dominated by commercial banks, which account for the vast majority of the financial system s assets. The domestic debt markets including the government bond and corporate bond markets are at an early stage of development and there are few institutional investors. In recent years, countries in SAR have attempted to develop local debt markets, although the pace of development remains uneven and slow due to many regulatory and institutional impediments. With the notable exception of India, governments in SAR have yet to implement measures requi

Author: Carlotta Hacker
Publisher: Formac
Keywords: doctors, lady, indomitable
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2001-11-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0887805434
ISBN-13: 9780887805431

As late as 1874 no women were licensed to practice medicine in Canada. Indeed, Canada’s first female doctor, Dr. James Miranda Stuart Barry, was a man. Or so thought her superiors in the British Army.In this fascinating and inspiring account of the courage, heroism, and dedication of Canada’s pioneer women doctors, Carlotta Hacker traces the lives of a wide range of women who worked throughout the world, combining the struggle for women’s rights with remarkable medical achievements. Serving in the Canadian West, as missionaries in China, Tibet, and India, or advancing knowled