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Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan : Targeting, Welfare Impacts, and Options for Reform
World Bank Group - 2017
nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of survey and administrative data on household electricity consumption, as … well as a qualitative assessment of household and service provider attitudes and experiences. Based on the findings of this … relationship between electricity consumption and welfare using household survey and electricity company microdata. Chapter III …
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Armenia International Outmigration : An Exploration on the Effects on Armenian Households' Welfare
World Bank Group - 2019
' welfare. The report uses microdata coming from two recent household surveys, the 2017 Russian-Armenian University survey, a … nationally-representative household focused on international migrants and their origin households, and the 2017 Integrated Living … Conditions Survey, nationally representative household conducted by the Statistical Committee focused on welfare measurement but …
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The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Fiscal Policies on Households, with Emphasis on Da Nang City
World Bank Group - 2021
This note will examine the distributional and efficiency issues associated with the fiscal response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis in Da Nang city and nationally in Vietnam. More specifically, we look at the social assistance (cash transfer) programs. Did these programs efficiently reach...
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Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Sudanese Households
World Bank Group - 2020
of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sudan and the government's containment measures could negatively affect household welfare … the Sudan high frequency survey on Coronavirus (COVID-19) is to quickly collect household (and firm-level) information …
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COVID-19 Impact Monitoring at the Household Level : Burkina Faso, Bulletin No. 3
World Bank Group - 2020
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Improving the Quality of Financial Intermediation in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
World Bank Group - 2015
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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Romania Financial Sector Assessment Program : Financial Intermediation
World Bank Group - 2018
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 Economic Monitor, Spring/Summer 2023 - Reemerging Pressures : Iraq's Recovery at Risk (With a Special Focus on Financial Intermediation in Iraq)
World Bank Group - 2023
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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Risks in pensions and annuities : efficient designs
Valdes-Prieto, Salvador - World Bank Group - 1998
This paper considers alternatives to disperse the accumulated pension rights during the liquidation phase or retirement. First, the paper classifies the risks that affect pensioners, discusses the defined benefit and defined contribution options, and classifies pension contracts according to...
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Building an environment for pension reform in developing countries
Mitchell, Olivia S. - World Bank Group - 1998
Fiscal problems are prompting many developing nations to amend and sometimes restructure their national old-age programs. As they do, these countries seek guidance on how to design market and regulatory structures to enhance their chances of success. This paper investigates the types of risks...
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