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The 2007 financial crisis has exposed major weaknesses in global financial systems, including the threat to financial stability posed by banks that were too big, interconnected and complex to be closed or go bankrupt. As a result, many banks have been rescued using public support, allowing for...
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In the aftermath of the 2007/08 financial crisis, and lacking sufficient coordinated guidelines or legislation, measures to address failing financial institutions in European Union (EU) Member States were taken at national level. In an effort to improve cross border coordination as well as to...
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countries. This evaluation aims to assess the usage, market development potential, and enabling factors of the PSW. The … evaluation assesses how the usage of the PSW has changed from its inception in 2017 to 2023 and explores its potential market … of finance. It comprises financial and nonfinancial additionality. This evaluation assesses the PSW across three IDA …
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potential development effect of these disruptive technologies and proposes a role for the World Bank Group in leveraging these …
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With an increasing share of populations dwelling in cities, urban emission reduction is gaining priority at the national level. A high share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the global footprint is ultimately attributable to urban areas; as such, the effect of carbon lockin further increases...
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bureau(s), the World Bank Group has supported supervisors in understanding and carrying out their duties as it relates to …
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The main objective of this toolkit is to provide technical advice and guidance to World Bank Group staff, donor … the project cycle (identification, diagnostic, solution design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation) involved in …. Chapter five of the Toolkit elaborates in detail the monitoring and evaluation strategy that should be employed following the …
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There has been tremendous growth worldwide in the mobilization of financial resources outside traditional banking systems. Channeled mainly through capital markets, such rapid financial diversification is posing new challenges for regulators in many emerging markets. This document describes the...
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Group-based lending programs for the poor have become a focus of attention in the development community over the last several years. To date, there has been no comprehensive investigation of their impact on household behavior that has been sufficiently attentive to issues of endogeneity and...
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