The role of the financial sector in developed and developing economies

The resource includes 29 slides on the role of the financial sector and includes the discussion and evaluation of the following topics, the functions and characteristics of money, the role of the financial system and the implications of money supply in an economy, the loanable funds theory and liquidity preference theory, fisher equation of exchange, the role of financial institutions in the macroeconomy, forms of borrowing, the role of the financial sector in developing and emerging economies in promoting economic development, the Harrod-Domar model, microfinance and remittances. The presentation also provides links to short video clips further explaining the various concepts.