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This engagement note provides a snapshot of financial development in the countries of the GulfCooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and identifies key areas of the financial sector reform agenda where the World Bank Group (WBG)...
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Banking financial intermediation relative to the economy is low and declining. The depthof the Romanian banking sector is lagging both in terms of deposit and loan penetration. Cross-cutting factors such as poverty, rurality and informality form a set of constraints that still persist affecting...
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Iraq's economy continued its recovery after the sharp, pandemic-induced recession in 2020 but growth constraints in the oil sector have reemerged. After moderating in 2022, consumer price inflation ticked up in early 2023, fueled by the depreciation of the Iraqi dinar in the parallel market....
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In less than fifty years, Brazil evolved from a predominantly rural society and economy to a highly urbanized country … of the development arena in Brazil; b) reviewing what has been learned about inter-municipal governance and service …
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In less than fifty years, Brazil evolved from a predominantly rural society and economy to a highly urbanized country … of the development arena in Brazil; b) reviewing what has been learned about inter-municipal governance and service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564726
disability with broad coverage, protection against labor income shocks in Brazil remains segmented and largely depends on labor … status and household composition. In 2019, nearly one-third of households in Brazil lived below the Cadastro Unico poverty … financial product and complementary actions that the government of Brazil could adopt to strengthen resilience of families in BF …
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) system. This case focuses on the experience of Sao Paulo, Brazil …
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Brazil's pension system takes up an oversized proportion of its social protection spending. It comprises of Regime …
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changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve … environment. Brazil thus finds itself at an important juncture and, to a certain extent, the policy course set today will … sustainable growth. This Systematic Country Diagnostic offers a contribution to the debate about Brazil's future development …
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This study presents options for disaster risk financing in Brazil, drawing from international experience. The study … preliminary review of the current budget management of natural disasters in Brazil. It benefits from the international experience … characteristics of Brazil, as well as to the availability of relevant data …
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