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Housing Finance : Investment Opportunities for Pension Funds

World Bank Group - 2018

The global housing deficit in both developed and developing countries is increasing - driven by demographic and other mega-trends including urbanization and income inequality. Global pension fund assets, on the other hand, are both growing and increasingly looking for long-term, productive...

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Poland : Development of Capital Markets and Pension Funds

World Bank Group - 2019

Poland's capital markets can play a crucial supporting role to the ongoing economic development and efficient allocation of credit. Capital markets will become increasingly important to meet the long-term funding needs of strategic sectors, including large, medium and small entities. Expansion...

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Sustainable Investment : Best Practice Disclosure Checklist for Pension Funds

World Bank Group - 2020

There are compelling reasons for asset owners - in particular large pension funds and sovereign wealth funds - to adopt sustainable investment, and for governments to support them in these endeavors. First, asset owners have a key role to play in providing the capital that supports national...

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Leveraging Pension Fund Investment for Domestic Development : Namibia's Regulation 29 Approach

World Bank Group - 2020

The note describes Namibia's approach to support domestic economic development via mandating investment of a percentage of the large pool of local institutional capital in alternative financing vehicles within the context of an underdeveloped capital market. Namibian approach diverges from...

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Government Pension Fund Thailand Environmental, Social, and Governance Weight and Score : Asset Valuation Methodology

World Bank Group - 2020

As one of the largest pension funds in Thailand, government pension fund (GPF) is fully aware of its importance as a universal owner and of its role supporting sustainable global values within the context of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). In 2018, GPF publicly announced its...

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ESG Integration at the Government Pension Fund of Thailand

World Bank Group - 2024

This report describes the ESG integration practices at GPF as a practical example of how a pension fund can integrate ESG considerations into its investment practices and processes. The report focuses on the incorporation of ESG issues into our investment analysis and decision-making process....

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Adaptation of the Calculator of Social and Environmental Impacts from Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Amazon : Application in Frontier Regions between Brazil, Colombia and Peru

World Bank Group - 2023

Over the past decade, illegal gold extraction has increased significantly in the Amazon region, partly due to the high international prices of this mineral, the less stringent attitude of some countries in relation to the environment and the pursuit of immediate economic opportunities....

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Impact of Climate Change in Health in Colombia and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation

World Bank Group - 2023

climate change on human health in Colombia and by outlining the most effective actions to mitigate the threat …

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Colombia : Policy Note on the Implementation of Catastrophe Agricultural Insurance

World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2017

Colombia is very exposed to natural and climatic disasters and especially to large-scale hydro meteorological drought … agricultural sector. In Colombia a high proportion of the rural population are small-scale poor crop and livestock family farmers … Colombia (GoC) has given major priority to the eradication of rural poverty through the regeneration of the agricultural sector …

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Enterprise Surveys : Colombia Country Profile 2017

World Bank Group - 2017

perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Colombia …

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