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World Development Report 2015 : Mind, Society, and Behavior

World Bank - 2014

Development economics and policy are due for a redesign. In the past few decades, research from across the natural and social sciences has provided stunning insight into the way people think and make decisions. Whereas the first generation of development policy was based on the assumption that...

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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...

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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...

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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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Thailand : toward a development strategy of full participation

Lim, E.R. (contributor) - 1980

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Thailand : Managing public resources for structural adjustment : report prep. by a Mission that visited Thailand in June 1982

Linn, Johannes (contributor) - 1984

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Thailand's growth path : from recovery to prosperity

Richter, Kaspar - 2006

"Thailand is one of the most successful developing countries. After decades of rapid growth, the economy rebounded …. What growth can Thailand realistically expect? And what can the government do to sustain such growth into the future? Using … argues that Thailand's challenge is to maintain growth levels of 4 to 5 percent over the medium term. To achieve this goal …

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Cultivate or rent out? : land security in rural Thailand

Gine, Xavier - 2005

"In the 1980s the Thai government tried to legalize squatters by issuing special titles that restricted the sale and rental of the land. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997, the author finds that in places where these government titles where issued, leased plots are more...

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