"There is a wide cross-country variation in the institutional structure of bank failure resolution, including the role … scheme are more stable and less likely to become insolvent. Involvement of the deposit insurer in bank failure resolution … thus dampens the negative effect that deposit insurance has on banks' risk taking. "--World Bank web site …

Since 1999, Nigeria has made significant progress in economic reform. Sound macroeconomic policies, combined with … non-oil economy. The goal of this book is to shed light on the extent to which Nigeria's much improved economic … performance has impacted the labor market, and to develop a growth strategy that could enhance the employment intensity of growth …

--is part of a larger effort in the group to study the effects of bank privatization in developing countries"--World Bank web …

' presence in many countries in the region and more globally, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) needed to overhaul its … Nigeria in the aftermath of the 2009 Nigerian banking crisis. This together with new market expansion opportunities gave an … Nigerian banks have expanded abroad, primarily within West and Central Africa over the recent years. Banks in Nigeria with …

Institutions; and iv) Community Banks and Commercial banks' rural operations. Volume 3 (Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Markets …

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

with risk through other formal or informal consumption smoothing mechanisms. "--World Bank web site …

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …,000 individuals out of poverty. "--World Bank web site …

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …-poor) impact achieved among an important segment of the target group. Five countries were studied: Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda …