The value of funded pensions can depend critically on the funds' investment performance. To try and protect people … investment rules so that pension funds can reap the benefits from international diversification. …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …

critical to ramp up the institutional capacity and policies for a comprehensive disaster risk management program and to improve … coordination between oversight and implementing agencies through upgraded legislation with disaster risk reduction measures while … demonstrated that a whole-of-government approach is critical for meaningful results in a multi-sectoral engagement on disaster risk …

-with support from donors-must create an enabling environment capable of attracting private investment and ensuring long …

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD) aims to increase the … participation of developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) in global investment flows by improving both domestic and … establishes rules that create clear and consistent global standards for investment facilitation measures, enhance transparency …

International Finance Corporation (IFC) investment projects in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector, specifically targeting …

higher private investment, exports, and employment, as well as strong support from the Tajik business community and …

The survey on Lao private sector and investment climate covered 303 firms in six sectors and seven provinces (Vientiane … sectors, which traditionally have larger firms and more foreign investment, most firms in the sample were domestic small and … medium enterprises (SMEs). The survey provided three types of information useful for the Investment Climate Assessment …