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The main vulnerabilities in the financial sector can be found in the banking system and the social security fund (SSNIT). The Ghanaian financial sector is also confronted by a large number of development challenges. The factual updates of Ghana’s observance of the three international standards...
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This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …
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results from the requirement that non-traded inputs are used in the investment process. In the short-run, though, the effects …
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This paper develops a model of an open economy which employs distortionary taxes to finance public consumption, and with an access to the world capital market. The paper examines the efficiency of quantity restrictions on capital exports and the accompanying set of taxes. A distinction is made...
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Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have … long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment … differences across the region-investment has on average been somewhat weaker than in peer countries and less effective at …
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. It is shown that such ""regulatory capture"" in banking does not imply ineffectual regulation; a ""captured"" regulator …
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This paper discusses the 59th issue of the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations of the IMF. The By-Laws are adopted under the authority of, and are intended to be complementary to, the Articles of Agreement of the IMF. The Rules and Regulations supplement the Articles of Agreement and the By-Laws...
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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 … Russian insurance industry ranked 27th in the world. Non-life insurance premium accounted for 89 percent of GPW while life …
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This assessment of insurance regulation in Indonesia was carried out as part of the 2016-17 Financial Sector Assessment … Program (FSAP). The Indonesian insurance sector is still vulnerable to a number of material risks. A number of insurers have … relaxed for nine months while introducing the temporary suspension of mark to market valuation rules. The Indonesian insurance …
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The Thai insurance sector is a relatively small but growing part of the country's financial services industry …. Insurance sector assets have grown from 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2006 to over 22 percent of GDP in 2016 … same period. As a result, the insurance penetration ratio (the ratio of premiums written to GDP) has gradually increased …
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