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exploration and adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, edge-computing, internet of things (IoT), 5G, et cetera … Korea blockchain ecosystem is the first of the series and provides a short description of the blockchain technology and its … potential for solving development challenges and key highlights of the Korea blockchain ecosystem. Blockchain is a decentralized …
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Over the years, the demand for seamless and inexpensive cross-border payments has grown in parallel with growth in international e-commerce, remittances and tourism. Yet, cross-border payments have not kept pace with the intensive modernization that has characterized domestic payment services...
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In recent years, due to innovations in technology, the concept of digital currency has emerged out of the desire of some private entities to replicate specific properties of cash in the digital space. Digital currencies have been issued in various electronic formats and value propositions, and...
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Payment and settlement systems and services have become vital components of the economic life of contemporary societies. Over the last decades, they have gone through several waves of reforms that have changed the landscape of the national payments system (NPS) in virtually every country in the...
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Since its adoption in December 2015 by the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 175 countries to date have ratified the Paris Agreement. These countries have made commitments Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), in...
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This Guidance Paper provides a primer on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and highlights the junctures at which this new technology meaningfully impacts secured transactions frameworks. The aim is to identify legal and regulatory hotspots, laying the groundwork for their detailed and...
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This Guidance Note examines the potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) within the context of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions. While this model is the primary reference, the Guidance Note also provides examples from domestic secured transactions frameworks, especially...
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specific approach discussed in this report is the "landscape approach" which, in turn, calls for improved "landscape governance … current governance challenges in Indonesia's lowlands, focusing on those related to the government sector, and discusses how … Indonesia's recent efforts to address the governance challenges in the management of peatlands and other lowland ecosystems …
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growing focus on the importance of good governance to ensure effective implementation. The European Commission's 6th Cohesion … Policy report notes that governance problems not only delay the implementation of Cohesion Policy programs but also reduce … the impact of these investments. The report states: 'a lower standard of governance can affect the impact of Cohesion …
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Global evidence suggests better infrastructure governance results in more efficient spending and better growth outcomes …, 2015; World Bank 2014; OECD, 2013a) demonstrate that improvements in infrastructure governance can lead to substantial … efficiency enhancements and enhanced infrastructure productivity over the life of the asset. Conversely, poor governance is a …
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