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FM302 - Final Exam Format

This document provides an overview of the final exam for the Financial Management in the Pacific Region course. The exam will consist of 5 essay questions worth 20 marks each, to be completed within 180 minutes without access to notes or books. Topics covered on the exam will include: 1) Development Finance Institutions, 2) Secured Transaction Reform, 3) Digital Financial Services, 4) Financial Inclusion, and 5) Financial Markets and Instruments in the Pacific Region. Key readings are provided for each topic to aid students' exam preparation during the allotted revision weeks before the closed-book final.

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FM302 - Final Exam Format

This document provides an overview of the final exam for the Financial Management in the Pacific Region course. The exam will consist of 5 essay questions worth 20 marks each, to be completed within 180 minutes without access to notes or books. Topics covered on the exam will include: 1) Development Finance Institutions, 2) Secured Transaction Reform, 3) Digital Financial Services, 4) Financial Inclusion, and 5) Financial Markets and Instruments in the Pacific Region. Key readings are provided for each topic to aid students' exam preparation during the allotted revision weeks before the closed-book final.

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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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