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Mobilizing Domestic Capital Markets for Infrastructure Financing. International experience and Lessons for China
Kumar, A.; Gray, R.D.; Hoskote, M.; von Klaudy, S.; … - World Bank Group - 1997
financing of domestic infrastructure projects, and discusses the applicaiblity of these lessons in the Chinese context. It also … describes the strategies these economies have adopted to foster capital market development conducive to infrastructure financing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669763
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Preventing Banking Sector Distress and Crises in Latin America: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Washington, D.C., April 15-16, 1996.
Bery, S.K.; Garcia, V.F. - World Bank Group - 1997
Over the last two decades banking systems in Latin America have been subject to considerable banking distress and numerous crises. This conference looked at proposals for preventing such episodes. The discussions covered the genesis and implications of deposit insurance cum fractional reserve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005779896
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Fiancial Market Fragmentation and Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Aryeetey, E.; Hettige, H.; Nissanke, M.; Steel, W. - World Bank Group - 1997
The fragmentation in African financial markets and its persistence despite reforms to liberalize those markets have been difficult to explain. This paper reports findings from surveys of formal and informal institutions and their clients in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania to test hypotheses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486399
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Green Digital Transformation : How to Sustainably Close the Digital Divide and Harness Digital Tools for Climate Action
World Bank Group - 2024
Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human history. From e-commerce and social media to smart manufacturing and precision farming, digital technologies have become prevalent in all aspects of economic and social life. Digital technologies also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516807
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For Women, By Women, With Women : Bridging the Gender Digital Divide
World Bank Group - 2022
Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are … creating new opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals. While Africa's digital revolution has been impressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544820
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For Women, By Women, With Women : Bridging the Gender Digital Divide
World Bank Group - 2022
Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are … creating new opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals. While Africa's digital revolution has been impressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013538276
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Crowdfunding's Potential in the Caribbean : A Preliminary Assessment
World Bank Group - 2017
to engage in innovative financing mechanisms, such as angel investing and crowdfunding. Over the past few years, there … enterprises. infoDev's Entrepreneurship program for innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC) Access to finance component aims to develop … has been experimental use of crowdfunding by existing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in the Caribbean …
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Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice : Delivering Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Development
World Bank Group - 2017
Results-based financing is a well-established financing modality in the health and education sectors but it is still in … an early stage of deployment in the area of climate change. This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF … sector activity and financing. RBCF can thus play a critical role in mobilizing the resources and supporting the policies and …
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Debt management systems.
World Bank Group; Debt management systems. - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669710
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Trends in Financing Regional Expenditures in Transition Economies. The Case of Ukraine
Bubnova, N.; Way, L. - World Bank Group - 1998
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, real revenues at the local level in Ukraine have more than halved. This report examines how fiscal resources are distributed and how managers attempt to preserve basic services in the face of such severe fiscal conatrints. We find that -- despite the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005779897