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Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the country’s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...
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Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy provides a medium-term framework for achieving the country’s long-term development goals and aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda programme, and the Millennium Development...
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Countries where social and political institutions stimulate interpersonal trust, civic cooperation, and social cohesiveness tend to have more efficient governments, better governance systems, and faster growth. This paper provides cross-country evidence, based on a sample of developing and...
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Central Bank of Russia (CBR), managing domestic demands, and non-vulnerability to oil price variation were suggested by the …
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country. After almost a decade of impressive growth performance, Russia suffered a sharp contraction in 2009 with GDP falling … framework based on an exogenous growth model; growth accounting results for Russia in the past decade; and importance of …
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This note focuses on Russia's monetary policy, which is moving toward low and stable inflation. This paper discusses …
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This assessment reviews the regulatory framework in place for the oversight of the capital markets of the Russian Federation as of June 2011. The Russian securities markets, in particular, have been volatile, reflecting the inflow and outflow of money and the crisis. Foreign investment banks...
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A joint IMF-World Bank mission visited the Russian Federation from March 15 to 31, 2016, to conduct an assessment under the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). The mission assessed financial sector risks and vulnerabilities, assessed the quality of financial sector supervision, and...
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. In the case of Russia, the main objective of insurance supervision is to ensure that insurers fully comply with core …
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The overall state of financial inclusion in Russia is relatively advanced along certain basic metrics. The number of … increases experienced across all segments of the population, including for the poorest 40 percent and for women.1 Russia also …
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