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Retail Payment Costs and Savings in Kosovo

World Bank Group - 2022

Measuring Retail Payment Costs) developed by the World Bank's Payment System Development Group (PSDG), part of the Finance … households and businesses on the demand side, as well as to 9 commercial banks operating in Kosovo; the Central Bank of Kosovo …

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The Retail Payment Costs and Savings in Albania

World Bank Group - 2018

Guide for Measuring Retail Payment Costs) developed by the World Bank's Payment Systems Development Group, part of the …

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Saving Entrepreneurs, Saving Enterprises : Proposals on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency

World Bank Group - 2018

Micro and small enterprise (MSME) insolvency is particularly likely to impact not only the business, but also the personal and family life of the owner-operator(s) of such businesses, raising particular concerns that apply much less frequently in the context of corporate insolvency. This report...

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Early Access to Pension Savings : International Experience and Lessons Learnt

World Bank Group - 2019

The objectives of a well-designed pension system are poverty reduction in old age and income smoothing throughout an individuals' lifetime. Over the last thirty years, changing demographic trends have caused a shift from 'pay as you go' and occupational defined benefit (DB) schemes - where the...

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Financial Inclusion Beyond Payments : Policy Considerations for Digital Savings

World Bank Group - 2019

banks and nonbank e-money issuers. Harmonize customer due diligence standards for emoney wallets and low-risk bank deposits …

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Uganda Oil Revenue Management : Closing Gaps in the Fiscal and Savings Frameworks to Maximize Benefits

World Bank Group - 2020

After Uganda enjoyed two decades of strong growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s and early 2000s, its economy slowed down, and social progress decelerated amid a steady increase of the population. Several constraints continue to undermine progress and social and economic transformation in...

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Making Pension Savings Easy and Efficient for Informal Sector Workers : Learning from Kenya's Haba Haba Pilot

World Bank Group - 2024

Haba Haba, which means "bit by bit" in Swahili, is a voluntary pension scheme in Kenya for workers in informal employment and promises to be a scheme through which they can slowly but surely save for their old age. The scheme, administered by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was launched...

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Two Years After : Saving a Generation

World Bank Group - 2022

LAC has endured one of the longest spells of school closures. The region was hit disproportionately hard in health, economic, and educational terms. In the region, an entire generation of students - approximately 170 million - were fully deprived of in-person education for roughly 1 out of 2...

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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BANKING CRISES NDCURRENCY CRISES: A THEORETICAL MODEL

Bleaney, Michael F.; Bougheas, Spiros; Skamnelos, Ilias - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics; … - 2004

A second-generation model of currency crises is combined with a standard model ofbanks as providers of insurance against liquidity risk. In a pegged exchange rateregime, after funds have been committed to the banks, news arrives about the qualityof the banks’ assets and about the exchange rate...

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At the Front Line : Reflections on the Bank's Work with China over Forty Years, 1980-2020

World Bank Group - 2021

This volume contains written contributions from some of the key actors involved on both the Chinese and the World Bank … sides in the past four decades of partnership. It is clear that the World Bank from the very beginning provided honest and … what to do (and what not to do). Periodically, the World Bank engaged in national policy debates, during the Bashan Boat …

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