TY - GEN AU - Inter-American Development Bank TI - Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 7 : May-August, 2005: Public Banks Revisited PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/05/11 DO - 10.18235/0008233 AB - Swimming against the prevailing economic tide, public banks are still a major force in the financial sector. This edition of IDEA examines the record of public banks and research on the theoretical frameworks for and against state-owned banks. It presents lessons learned from the past as well as issues for the future. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0008233 ER -