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Institutional Arrangements for Financial Consumer Protection
World Bank Group - 2015
inclusion objectives. Building upon the fifteen most recent World Bank diagnostic reviews and informed by key guidance and … around the world, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as principal challenges faced by FCP agencies …
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Russia Economic Report, No. 46, December 2021 : Amidst Strong Economic Recovery, Risks Stemming from COVID-19 and Inflation Build
World Bank Group - 2021
Russia saw strong growth in 2021, with momentum weakening late in the year. Growth will slow as Russia battles COVID-19 … for Russia is to fundamentally transform its economic structure …
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Russia Economic Report, No. 44, December 2020 : Russia's Economy Loses Momentum Amidst COVID-19 Resurgence; Awaits Relief from Vaccine
World Bank Group - 2020
In Q2, Russia's GDP contracted sharply, faced with domestic supply and demand, and terms of trade shocks. Yet supported …
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Pakistan Development Update, June 2019 : Weathering the Storm - Restoring Macroeconomic Stability
World Bank Group - 2019
Pakistan is facing yet another balance of payment crisis. Authorities have taken some corrective measures and negotiated a 39-month stabilization program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nonetheless, inflationary pressures increased during FY19. Current account deficit narrowed as...
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Somalia Economic Update, June 2020 : Impact of COVID-19 - Policies to Manage the Crisis and Strengthen Economic Recovery
World Bank Group - 2020
Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Somalia's economy was on an upward trajectory, recovering from the 2016/17 drought. The economy grew at an estimated rate of 2.9 percent in 2019, on par with population growth, and was projected to grow at 3.2 percent in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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Halving Poverty in Russia by 2024 : What Will It Take?
World Bank Group - 2018
growth of 1.5 percent would bring down the poverty rate from 13.2 percent to only 10.7 percent by 2024. And even if Russia … were to be able to catch up with the rest of the world, and grow at 3.2 percent annually, the poverty rate would fall to 8 …
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Russia Economic Report, No. 42, December 2019 : Weaker Global Outlook Sharpens Focus on Domestic Reforms
World Bank Group - 2019
-off effects, economic growth in Russia picked up in the third quarter at 1.7 percent, y/y. Consequently, our 2019 forecast has … agreement weighed on Russia's exports performance. Crude oil prices fell 14 percent in January-September 2019, y/y, reflecting a … downturn in the world economy …
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Boosting Financial Resilience to Disaster Shocks : Good Practices and New Frontiers
World Bank Group - 2019
Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing number of countries are developing financial...
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Solutions toEnd Poverty ona Livable Planet - Insights from World Bank CountryClimate and Development Reportscovering 42 economies
World Bank Group - 2023
The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature― and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but the …
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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