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, and developing countries do engage in productive, and rewarding market activity, for income from market participation is … promotion accompany market transactions. Hence, building institutions that support the development of markets is the primary … market players connected through open information, and trade; and, the promotion of competition among jurisdictions, firms …
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There are an estimated 1.2 billion regular smokers in the world today, approximately one third of the global population over the age of 15, and the numbers are rising (World Health Organization 2002). Studies show that many smokers still do not know that tobacco causes disease and premature...
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Significant progress in carbon pricing has been made over the last ten years. In 2015, about 40 national and over 20 subnational jurisdictions, representing almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), are putting a price on carbon. Together, the carbon pricing instruments in these...
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financial crisis that emerged in 2008 have prompted market participants, their supervisors and other national authorities …-border financial market connectivity and liquidity, for the benefit of overall financial stability and also of the final users of cross … market and infrastructure integration, and to facilitate stakeholder realization of the main benefits that are typically …
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In 2010, Kazakhstan entered into a customs union with Belarus and Russia. The first, relatively easy step in the implementation of the customs union was accomplished in 2010 with the adoption of a common external tariff, with varying exceptions in each of the three member countries. It is the...
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The Central America Regional Electricity Market (MER) trades electricity and transmission capacity among six Central … American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The market differs from other … analyzes the progress of the Central American integrated electricity market, including the institutional, legal, regulatory and …
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Vietnam's gas sector is at a critical point. Vietnam's gas industry, from the producing field to the end-user, is already a vital component of the nation's energy economy and has the potential for major growth. Successes in the past decade have created a strong prospective demand for gas....
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Improving the investment climate is a key pillar of the World Bank's private sector development strategy. Without a good investment climate, firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from farmers to micro-enterprises to local manufacturing concerns and multinationals-have few opportunities and...
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Trade can play a crucial role in the development of services sectors in Africa. Services offer new dynamic opportunities for exports, especially for land-locked countries, while opening up to imports of services and foreign direct investment is a key mechanism to increase competition and drive...
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