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Promoting Competition in the Distribution of Mutual Funds : Lessons for Securities Markets Regulatory Authorities in Emerging Market Economies
World Bank Group - 2017
regulation can promote competition in mutual funds (MFs) distribution. In many emerging market economics (EMEs) where both the … manufacture. However, different forces are opening the doors to competition in the distribution channels including (i) a higher … mobile services; and (iii) regulatory reforms, some of them explicitly aimed at increasing competition. These forces are …
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Fostering Competition in the Philippines : The Challenge of Restrictive Regulations
World Bank Group - 2018
Market Regulation (PMR) indicators and the WBG's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool (MCPAT) applied to the …The objective of this report is to identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in key sectors and the … economy as a whole and use them to design an effective competition policy for the Philippines. The report builds on Product …
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Unlocking Growth Potential in Kenya : Dismantling Regulatory Obstacles to Competition
World Bank Group - 2015
regulation; and (ii) effectively enforcing competition law. The main focus of this report is the identification of regulations …'s competitiveness. There are two pillars that sustain effective competition policy: (i) opening markets and removing anticompetitive … that could restrict competition and distort markets and business decisions, having a negative effect on Kenya …
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Best Practices for Photovoltaic Household Electrification Programs: Lessons from Experiences in Selected Countries.
Cabraal, A.; Cosgrove-Davies, M.; Schaeffer, L. - World Bank Group - 1996
Governments across the developing world have made rural electrification a high priority over the last two decades. Yet despite the rapid expansion of the power sector during this period, by 1990, only about 44 percent of the more than 3.3 billion people living in rural areas had access to...
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Non-Payment in the Electricity Sector in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
Energy Sector Unit. - World Bank Group - 1999
This study presents the results of the research by a team of experts working in the energy sector of Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union. The objective of the study is to identify successful policies and measures that were employed to address the problem of non-payments in the energy sector.
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Empowering Small Enterprises in Zimbabwe
Kapoor, K.; Mugwara, D.; Chidavaenzi, I. - World Bank Group - 1997
This paper presents a situation analysis of small scale enterprises in Zimbabwe, examines the constraints faced by them, describes some of the changes that have taken place in the institutional and regulatory environment in recent years, under the structural adjustment program, and suggests an...
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Fixing Markets, Not Prices : Policy Options to Tackle Economic Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
Collusive agreements among competitors create unmitigated harm. When competitors agree to limit competition, id est to …
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The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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Maximizing Finance for Development : Impact Bonds for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2022
The maximizing finance for development (MFD) approach can be implemented to close the financing gap in the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, helping the region in getting closer to achieving sustainable development goal (SDG 6), particularly if emphasis is put on...
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Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest economic shock the world economy has witnessed in decades, causing a collapse in global activity. Nevertheless, there are signs that global activities are stabilizing, and have picked up in many large emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs)....
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