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In 2007-08 Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the central bank of Afghanistan, was in the process of reforming the financial …: reputable private investors; small and medium entrepreneurs; BRAC, a microfinance institution; Kabul Bank, a fast growing … commercial bank; and Bank Millie, a state-owned bank. The examination of each institution will address the factors that have …
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consumer protection and financial capability; and (3) to refine a set of good practices prepared by the World Bank for …
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This book, finance for all, presents first efforts at developing indicators illustrating that financial access is quite limited around the world and identifies barriers that may be preventing small firms and poor households from using financial services. Based on this research, the report...
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Understanding the industry structure of banking services in Brazil is an important task both for the financial community at large and for country specialists. The Brazilian financial system is the largest and most sophisticated in Latin America. This study is organized into five sections after...
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access measured in terms of the numbers of bank accounts per thousand adults. It builds on the previous work of measuring … countries' banking policies and practices, and their levels of financial access, measured in terms of the numbers of bank …, predicatable income. Expanding credit for enterprises leads to the creation of a salaried class that wants to bank: this is the …
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Overview -- Banking the poor -- Starting to bank -- Adding customer services -- Building branchless banking …
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bank account per thousand adults. It builds on the previous work measuring financial access through information from …
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"The objective of this paper is to address the main considerations for China of including financial services in its … preferential trade agreements. The paper briefly reviews China's financial liberalization process and the state of its domestic … financial system, discusses the main considerations of including financial services in China's preferential trade agreements …
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"This paper presents new data from 150 countries showing that former cabinet members, central bank governors, and …-executive position at a bank in the future, politicians provide for beneficial regulation. "--World Bank web site …
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