enterprise (SME) lending markets. The findings of this report have several policy implications. This report identifies a number … of areas where relevant regulations and institutional frameworks may impede competition in GCC SME lending markets, and … competition in the GCC's SME lending markets proceeds as follows: Chapter 2 presents the SME banking markets in the GCC by …

vulnerability of banks in specific scenarios. The report bases its analysis on data provided by the SFC, the Central Bank of …

national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups … groups (WB Assessment 2012). The gap between the ethnic majority and minority has persisted despite the multiple government …

While Vietnam has now reached lower middle-income country status, the gaps between the ethnic minority population and … the majority group are evident and widening over time. In addition, ethnic minority groups are different in terms of where … minority groups successfully managed to escape poverty while others have lagged far behind? (3) How have such factors have been …

Department (OFISD) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to inform OFISD's efforts to develop a strategy for regulation of the MFB … Supervisory Framework for Nigeria of 2005 established MFBs as a means of formalizing microfinance institutions (MFIs) in order to … deposits, which are guaranteed by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) …

as follows: The introduction contains a brief discussion of the importance of LT agribusiness SME finance. The second …