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This assessment of insurance regulation in Indonesia was carried out as part of the 2016-17 Financial Sector Assessment … Program (FSAP). The Indonesian insurance sector is still vulnerable to a number of material risks. A number of insurers have … relaxed for nine months while introducing the temporary suspension of mark to market valuation rules. The Indonesian insurance …
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changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve … environment. Brazil thus finds itself at an important juncture and, to a certain extent, the policy course set today will … sustainable growth. This Systematic Country Diagnostic offers a contribution to the debate about Brazil's future development …
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In 2020, Brazil was about to face socioeconomic disruptions of historical proportions. The onset of the COVID-19 … Security System (INSS). When economic shocks hit Brazil, the labor market outcomes of low-income individuals are the first to … transfers. The Programa Bolsa Familia (PBF) decreased its coverage in the years following the 2014 crisis when Brazil's poverty …
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The insurance industry in Albania is relatively new. Prior to 1991, there were no insurance companies operating in the … country. The insurance industry has been undergoing critical changes during the last decade. The life market in Albania is … small, and still dominated by credit life insurance. Life insurance was introduced only in 1997 and made up about seven …
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insurance market and argues that foreign competition has positively impacted the insurance industry based on evidence from … insurance market after Vietnam opened up to foreign investors. The results show that in Vietnam: after foreign penetration …, but if insurance penetration is low, this impact does not endanger the financial security of the country; the dominance of …
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Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse external context of the past five years, poverty reduction continued, albeit more slowly. Expansionary policies allowed the country to continue growing and reducing poverty...
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This poverty assessment aims to strengthen the analytical foundation for poverty-reduction policies and interventions in Mali. In recent years, important gains have been made across multiple dimensions of household welfare, but poverty in Mali remains widespread and extreme. The COVID-19 induced...
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The Indonesia Economic Prospects (IEP) is a bi-annual World Bank report that assesses recent macroeconomic developments, outlook and risks, as well as specific development challenges for the Indonesian economy. In doing so, the IEP aims to inform the public policy debate and is geared towards a...
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Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends: the shift in the balance of global growth from...
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