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Enhancing Resilience of Low Income Workers in Brazil : Financial Instruments and Innovations
World Bank Group - 2021
While the Brazilian social protection system provides instruments to reduce the risk of destitution from old age and disability with broad coverage, protection against labor income shocks in Brazil remains segmented and largely depends on labor status and household composition. In 2019, nearly...
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Retail Payment Costs and Savings in Kosovo
World Bank Group - 2022
This report is based on a study of the costs of retail payments in Kosovo, using a methodology (A Practical Guide for Measuring Retail Payment Costs) developed by the World Bank's Payment System Development Group (PSDG), part of the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice. The...
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The Retail Payment Costs and Savings in Albania
World Bank Group - 2018
This report is based on a study of the costs and savings of retail payments in Albania using a methodology (A Practical … instrument) and the resulting cost savings. It is designed based on four main principles: applicability, comparability …
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Saving Entrepreneurs, Saving Enterprises : Proposals on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency
World Bank Group - 2018
Micro and small enterprise (MSME) insolvency is particularly likely to impact not only the business, but also the personal and family life of the owner-operator(s) of such businesses, raising particular concerns that apply much less frequently in the context of corporate insolvency. This report...
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Early Access to Pension Savings : International Experience and Lessons Learnt
World Bank Group - 2019
, access to savings and providing adequate income post retirement for individuals. The need to get this balancing act right is … pension savings on income adequacy after retirement. The report concludes with recommendations based on emerging best practice …
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Financial Inclusion Beyond Payments : Policy Considerations for Digital Savings
World Bank Group - 2019
The report discusses key policy issues that enable and constrain digital savings market development and offers policy … observations, three policy considerations seem most important for facilitating digital savings account deployments: Enable banking … institutions to pursue digital savings partnerships with nonbank entities. Support the development of interoperability between …
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Uganda Oil Revenue Management : Closing Gaps in the Fiscal and Savings Frameworks to Maximize Benefits
World Bank Group - 2020
appropriate fiscal framework for determining spending as well as setting aside and managing savings for future generations. The …
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Making Pension Savings Easy and Efficient for Informal Sector Workers : Learning from Kenya's Haba Haba Pilot
World Bank Group - 2024
savings by informal economy workers. Registration, contributions, and access can be handled via mobile phone by dialing USSD …
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Two Years After : Saving a Generation
World Bank Group - 2022
LAC has endured one of the longest spells of school closures. The region was hit disproportionately hard in health, economic, and educational terms. In the region, an entire generation of students - approximately 170 million - were fully deprived of in-person education for roughly 1 out of 2...
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Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2021 : The Slippery Road to Economic Recovery
World Bank Group - 2021
The fall 2021 issue of the Iraq Economic Monitor provides an in-depth review of the latest macroeconomic and policy developments amidst a global recovery in international oil markets and as COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease. As a result, the monitor finds that the economic prospects for Iraq...
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