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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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Argentine youth : an untapped potential
2009
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Caribbean youth development : issues and policy directions
2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523573
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Caribbean Youth Development : Issues and Policy Directions
World Bank - 2013
This report examines youth development in the Caribbean today. The objectives of the report are threefold, it aims to 1 …) identify the risk and protective factor and determinats of youth behaviors and development, 2) demonstrate that the negative … behaviors of youth are costly, not only to the youth themselves but to society as a whole, and 3) identifies key intervention …
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