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Estimating household responses to trade reforms : net consumers and net producers in rural Mexico
Porto, Guido Gustavo - 2005
"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in developing countries. It focuses on consumption and income responses: when price reforms take place, households modify consumption and production decisions and local labor markets...
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The economic consequences of health shocks
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
"While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522556
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Financial Consumer Protection and Fintech : An Overview of New Manifestations of Consumer Risks and Emerging Regulatory Approaches
World Bank - 2022
This note provides: (1) an overview of new manifestations of consumer risks that are significant and cross-cutting across four key fintech products: digital microcredit, P2PL, investment-based crowdfunding, and e-money; and (2) examples of emerging regulatory approaches to target such risks....
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The Role of Consumer Consent in Open Banking : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
World Bank - 2021
Open banking schemes provide consumers with more choice and new financial products and services through the use of technology, particularly application programing interfaces (API's). The main objective of this paper is to provide guidance on how to implement consumer consent protocols to access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255186
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Public Sector-operated Price-comparison Websites : Case Studies and Good Practices
World Bank - 2013
This technical note is intended to provide regulators with concrete, practical information on operating price-comparison websites and the strategic considerations necessary to take into account when designing such sites. The technical note examines price-comparison websites operated by public...
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Low carbon development opportunities for Nigeria : sectoral analyses
Cervigni, Raffaello (contributor) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393912
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Assessing the economic impacts of an economic partnership agreement on Nigeria
Andriamananjara, Soamiely - 2009
"This study discusses potential economic implications for Nigeria of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the … imports into Nigeria will be slight. This is in part because the Agreement will likely allow the most protected sectors to be … discriminatory nature of the EPA, which generates a negative welfare impact of the tariff reforms. One way for Nigeria to limit these …
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Bank privatization and performance : empirical evidence from Nigeria
Beck, Thorsten - 2005
"Beck, Cull, and Jerome assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period 1990--2001. They find evidence of performance improvement in nine banks that were privatized, which is remarkable given the inhospitable environment for true financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522688
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Hard lessons : primary schools, community, and social capital in Nigeria
Francis, Paul A. - 1998
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