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The paper presents an update on the status of the standard template to collect data on government revenues from natural resources, originally presented to the Executive Board in January 2014. The paper discusses: (i) the field-testing of the standard template in six countries, which confirmed...
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This paper focuses on Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The economic sectors have undergone significant restructuring. This restructuring has been concentrated on production capacities, quality and efficiency, thus contributing to economic...
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This assessment of the implementation of the BCP in India has been completed as part of the Financial Sector Assessment …
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This Technical Note examines India's securities market and the regulatory system overseeing the securities market and … market participants. It is based upon a mission to Mumbai, India from March 14 - 31, 2017, conducted as one component of a … occurred in India's securities markets since the last assessment and the changes that have occurred in the regulation of this …
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It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …
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India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks. India continues to be a target for terrorist … groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks. Based on a threat assessment, it was found that India's major sources for … terrorist financing (FT) were funds/resources from organizations outside India, counterfeiting of currency, and criminal …
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In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve foreign customers by exporting, or by producing abroad. We consider the case of...
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The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to …
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India’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the government’s medium-term fiscal strategy is broadly appropriate …, and faster implementation is crucial for its economy. India’s growth spurt provides a golden opportunity to fast …
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