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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Insurance Sector Technical Note
World Bank - 2016
Russian insurance industry ranked 27th in the world. Non-life insurance premium accounted for 89 percent of GPW while life …This technical note covers the insurance sector supervised by the CBR. The analysis was carried out as part of the 2016 … during the mission. The assessment has been supported by discussions with the CBR and the insurance market participants. the …
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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending
International Monetary Fund - 2003
The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...
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Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015 : Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity
World Bank - 2014
The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank …
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Global Monitoring Report 2007 : Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States
2007
, emerging priorities, and provides a detailed region-by-region picture of performance in the developing regions of the world … concentrated. The report, which is jointly issued by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, argues that gender …
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Global Monitoring Report 2006 : Millennium Development Goals - Strengthening Mutual Accountability, Aid, Trade, and Governance
International Monetary Fund - 2012
. Yet the world is still far from achieving the MDGs. This Global Monitoring Report (GMR) reviews the efforts under way to …
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Global Monitoring Report 2005 : Millennium Development Goals??? From Consensus to Momentum
International Monetary Fund - 2012
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Monterrey Consensus have created a powerful global compact for development. But the continued credibility of this compact hinges on fostering momentum in its implementation. With the five-year stocktaking of the implementation of the Millennium...
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Global Monitoring Report 2004 : Policies and Actions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Related Outcomes
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The turn of the century was marked by some significant and promising events for world development. The Millennium …
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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2015
Experience shows that there is often ample room for more effective and efficient use of investment tax incentives in low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surveys in low-income countries, and there are many examples in which they are reported to be...
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