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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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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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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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The objective of this assessment is to provide background information about GBV issues, policies, programming, and gaps in Malawi, for the purpose of assisting the World Bank (WB) to 1) consider how to directly support efforts to address GBV in Malawi; 2) inform strategies for integrating...
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This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...
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A competitive city is a city that successfully facilitates its firms and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared...
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Although global economic activity is recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a challenge in the region. Enterprise survey data for the emerging and developing countries in the region show that COVID-19 had a profound and...
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Limited competition hinders the optimal use of telecommunication services in the Dominican Republic, which lags peer … countries in mobile subscriptions and internet penetration. Despite recent reforms designed to enhance competition, the … Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Toolkit (MCPAT), this policy note provides a brief overview of key …
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enhance competition in the delivery of domestic shipping services, this assessment has therefore focused particularly on …
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What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru's agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy has grown and urbanized. Economic activity in the sector has continued to grow, but economic...
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