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Malawi Financial Sector Assessment Program : Contractual Savings - Insurance and Pensions
International Monetary Fund - 2008
-existing mandatory pensions for private sector workers, but they need a stronger supervision and regulation to enhance their benefits …. Rules should seek to promote portfolio diversification, higher portability of pensions and old age income security through …
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South Africa Economic Update : Focus on Savings, Investment, and Inclusive Growth
World Bank - 2011
inclusive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Modest investment rates despite attractive returns and low savings rates despite … environment is estimated at 3.5 percent. In light of South Africa's low national savings, the reemergence of high current account … inclusive growth, with special emphasis on the issues of savings and investment …
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El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Non-Bank Savings and Credit Institutions
World Bank - 2016
and private pensions development issues; and (iv) insurance. This note is arranged as follows: Section I gives the …
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Rwanda Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Private Pensions and Securities, Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2015
This review of consumer protection and financial literacy (CPFL) in the private pensions and securities sectors in … less than 1 percent. The new Pensions Law in Rwanda introduced a comprehensive regulation of the private pension funds … detailed assessment of CPFL in both the private pensions and securities sectors against the international best practices …
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Country Gender Assessment for Ukraine 2016
World Bank - 2016
Ukraine is currently classified as a lower-middle income country in 2014. The country experienced a sustained economic growth since the early 2000's, being associated with a fast reduction in poverty. However, the global financial and economic crisis hit the economy of Ukraine, generating one of...
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Qualitative Assessment of Economic Mobility and Labor Markets in Turkey : A Gender Perspective
World Bank - 2015
Turkey has recently experienced significant population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, and modernization. The economic structure in Turkey has been changing rapidly due to privatization and global growth. This report examines men and women's perception of factors that are perceived...
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Making Infrastructure Work for Women and Men : A Review of World Bank Infrastructure Projects (1995-2009)
World Bank - 2010
This report provides a gender review of a decade and a half of World Bank infrastructure lending for 1,246 projects. The objective of this review is to assess the status of and trends in gender integration in the World Bank infrastructure portfolio, and to establish a baseline for monitoring and...
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Agricultural Activities, Water, and Gender in Tajikistan's Rural Sector : A Social Assessment of Konibodom, Bobojon Ghafurov, and Yovon
World Bank - 2009
This social assessment (SA) was conducted under the Fergana Valley Water Resources Management Project (FVWRMP), which is providing assistance to the Government of Tajikistan to address irrigation and drainage deficiencies in Eastern Sughd. The main SA objectives were to understand how prevailing...
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Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
World Bank - 2010
The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land...
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Gender Dimensions of Community-Driven Development Operations : A Toolkit for Practitioners
World Bank - 2011
Community-development development (CDD) programs require monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to tell those implementing and funding the programs whether they are on track to deliver, or have delivered, desired outcomes such as improved services, economic activity, and empowerment. The objective of...
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