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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Inclusion
World Bank - 2016
The overall state of financial inclusion in Russia is relatively advanced along certain basic metrics. The number of adults with accounts at a financial institution stands at 67.4 percent, which compares well to the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) regional average of 51.4 percent. Account...
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People's Republic of China Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Inclusion
World Bank Group - 2017
China has made significant progress in financial inclusion. High levels of account penetration, savings, and usage of payments services have been achieved, largely due to extensive branches and access points (particularly a vast network of rural cash withdrawal points), innovations by non-bank...
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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Role of State in Financial Services
World Bank - 2016
State-owned financial institutions fall into three main groups: commercial banks, hybrid banks, and development institutions. The larger state-owned commercial banks/ groups include Sberbank, the VTB Bank group, and Gazprombank. Like private commercial banks, these institutions do not have a...
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The Bali Fintech Agenda
International Monetary Fund - 2018
Rapid advances in financial technology are transforming the economic and financial landscape, offering wide-ranging opportunities while raising potential risks. Fintech can support potential growth and poverty reduction by strengthening financial development, inclusion, and efficiency-but it may...
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Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries
International Monetary Fund - 2017
At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …
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Middle East and North Africa : Economic Outlook and Key Challenges
International Monetary Fund - 2012
challenging, not least since policy buffers were reduced during 2011. Indeed, gross external and fiscal financing needs of MENA …
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The Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia:Is the Current Crisis Different?
International Monetary Fund - 2010
The countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and the Caucasus and Central Asia have the highest output volatility in the world. Fiscal policy is a powerful tool that can help dampen the business cycles. This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of fiscal policy in the region during the...
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Choosing Exchange Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2003
This paper reviews the exchange regimes of five emerging market countries in the Middle East and North Africa region-Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia-and one oil-exporting country-Iran-to see whether they need to consider adopting more flexible arrangements as they further open their...
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Financial Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa
International Monetary Fund - 2004
countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are constructed, encompassing six themes: development of the monetary … a subset of indicators, the MENA region is found to compare favorably with a few other regions, but it ranks far behind …
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Risk Instability and the Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region
International Monetary Fund - 2004
direct investment for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, which generally have higher investment risk than … those with a longer-term focus in order to help lower the degree of risk instability for MENA countries …
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