FM302

Financial Management in the Pacific Region

Week 12: Final Exam Coverage
(May be further updated)

Financial Inclusion

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Objectives
• In this lecture, we will look at:
• Format of final exam paper
• Topics covered
• Key areas for revision

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Format
• Five questions
• Total Mark = 100
• 20 marks per question each
• Answer in essay format
• Max. words per question: ~ 400 words
• Total Writing time = 180 minutes
• Type: Closed Book

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Topics Covered

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Topic 1: Development Finance Institutions

• Definitions
• Types
• Roles of DFIs
• Challenges
• Solutions to Challenges faced
• Key Readings
• Reading 16: The role of development finance institutions in promoting jobs
and structural transformation: a quantitative assessment
• Reading 17: A brief review of the role of development finance institutions in
promoting jobs and productivity change
• Reading 18: The role of development finance institutions in tackling global
challenges
• How DFIs are responding to the COVID-19 crisis?
• 18.1: The role of development finance institutions in tackling global challenges
• Lecture + Tutorial materials
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Topic 2: Secured Transaction Reform
• Definition
• Credit constraints
• Importance of Secured Transaction Reform
• Challenges

Key Readings: https://elearn.usp.ac.fj/mod/folder/view.php?id=671652

1. ECACIP_Publications_OverviewSTReforms2016.pdf
2. Session 4b Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme_Solomon Islands.pdf
3. sfapicea.pdf
4. unlocking-finance-growth-pacific-island-economies.pdf
5. Lecture + Tutorial materials

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Topic 3: Digital Financial Services
• Definition
• Role and importance
• Challenges
• Recommendations

• Key Readings: https://elearn.usp.ac.fj/mod/folder/view.php?id=675175

1. digital-financial-services-pacific.pdf
2. Session 4b Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme_Solomon Islands.pdf
3. sfapicea.pdf
4. Solomon+Islands+case+study.pdf
5. unsw_regulatory_handbook-1.pdf
6. Lecture + Tutorial materials
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Topic 4: Financial Inclusion
• Definitions
• Steps to financial inclusion
• Challenges
• Block-chain technology and infrastructure

Key Readings: https://elearn.usp.ac.fj/mod/folder/view.php?id=673646

1. Overview_Financial Inclusion.pdf
2. Financial Inclusion Strategies.pdf
3. Payment aspects of financial inclusion in the fintech era.pdf
4. UFA2020 Overview.pdf
5. Will smart contracts usher in a new wave of financial inclusion.pdf
6. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp
7. Lecture + Tutorial materials

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Topic 5: Financial Markets,
Instruments in the Pacific Region
• Different types of financial markets
• Liquid market
• Challenges
• Recommendations

Key Readings
1. Reading 21: Development of financial markets in Asia and the
Pacific: the international financial crisis and policy challenges
2. Lecture Notes and Tutorial materials
3. Lecture + Tutorial materials

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WEEK 13-14 Revision Week

ALL THE BEST

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