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governments around the world as monitors of their self-owned banks. Countries should build on this potential for market discipline … strengthen countries' financial systems"--World Bank web site …
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The World Bank group, among the world's largest development institutions, is a major source of financial and technical … assistance to developing countries around the world. In fiscal 2009, the World Bank group sponsored 767 projects with a total …
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With the recent stock market frauds in markets around the world such as the Madoff case in the U.S. and the recent … World Bank and the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), along with major fund managers, are formulating sets … poor job of policing the complex world of finance and that the greater part of the task will be left to self policing on …
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This Annual Report, which covers the period from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, has been prepared by the Executive Directors of both the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) in accordance with the respective bylaws of...
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Over the years, the demand for seamless and inexpensive cross-border payments has grown in parallel with growth in international e-commerce, remittances and tourism. Yet, cross-border payments have not kept pace with the intensive modernization that has characterized domestic payment services...
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In recent years, due to innovations in technology, the concept of digital currency has emerged out of the desire of some private entities to replicate specific properties of cash in the digital space. Digital currencies have been issued in various electronic formats and value propositions, and...
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payments system (NPS) in virtually every country in the world. Recently, the issuance of central bank digital currency (CBDC …
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formal principle-by-principle assessment. It was conducted as part of the joint IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment …
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This annual report, which covers the period from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000, spells out the guiding principles of the Bank's work: country ownership, long-term integrated approach, partnership, and results focus. This vision was put into practice under a pilot approach, the Comprehensive...
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