The book Does Finance Matter for Growth? Case of Developing Countries, published by Lap-Lambert is my second with them.This book furnishes milieu of financial sector in developing countries. Empirical analysis of data from developing countries allows to infer the type of famous finance-growth nexus based on literature in 1960s and 1970s by Goldsmith, Cameron, Gerschenkron, McKinnon and Shaw. It sums the debate by agreeing with Lucas (1988) that the importance of financial markets is badly overstressed. Success of finance-growth relationship, in turn, hinges upon other factors such as...

International financial markets are passing through instability and essentially require re-evaluation of their behavior chiefly under the context of foreign currencies ensuring effective forecasting to assess the emerging patterns and structures, otherwise incapacitate the investors to make valid decisions for future participation in growth and development process. This study examines the effects of exchange rate volatility on trade and capital flows both for developed and developing countries that have trade relations with Pakistan. Impact of volatility through various specifications of...