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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 … institutions. Institutional arrangements are one of the key determinants of efficiency and ultimate success of any FCP framework … around the world, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as principal challenges faced by FCP agencies …
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The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
. Unfortunately, many LAC countries entered the crisis with low potential economic growth and high levels of inequality, following the …. Income inequality also decreased, as income growth has been primarily pro-poor in recent years. Despite variations across …
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From Uneven Growth to Inclusive Development : Romania's Path to Shared Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2018
Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania into the EU economic space. Gross domestic product per capita rose from 30 percent of the EU average in 1995 to 59 percent in 2016. Today, over 70 percent of the country's exports go to the EU,...
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Challenges to Inclusive Growth : A Poverty and Equity Assessment of Djibouti
World Bank Group - 2019
levels of inequality, ranking 71 out of 95 countries with information on Gini available circa 2015. The report also focuses …
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Tanzania Mainland Poverty Assessment : Part 1 - Path to Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth
World Bank Group - 2020
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality in Tanzania and identifies some priority … (1) provide a rigorous analysis of the evolution, profile, and determinants of poverty and inequality; (2) explore …
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Republic of Colombia : Mitigating Environmental Degradation to Foster Growth and Reduce Inequality
World Bank Group - 2006
Over the last five decades, Colombia has made substantial progress in protecting its environment. This includes restructuring its legal and regulatory landscape, undertaking policy initiatives, and strengthening its capacity for protecting and managing its natural resources and environmental...
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Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
World Bank Group - 2015
growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current …
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Brazil Poverty and Equity Assessment : Looking Ahead of Two Crises
World Bank Group - 2022
In 2020, Brazil was about to face socioeconomic disruptions of historical proportions. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has broken several undesirable Brazilian records. First, the pandemic wreaked an enormous direct human toll, sickening millions and causing the death of 195,441 Brazilians in...
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Dominican Republic : Leveraging Competition in the Telecom Sector to Accelerate Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2021
, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World …
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Pathways to Sustainable Growth in Niger : A World Bank Group Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank Group - 2022
This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following five questions, each of which constitutes a separate chapter: (i) what were the salient structural...
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