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Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Processing in Croatia's Food and Bio-Economy
World Bank Group - 2019
Shifting consumer demand and accelerating climate change will further shape the agri-food sector in Croatia in the next …, sustainable, and convenient products. Recent EU market projections further confirm ongoing shifts in consumer demand. Agri-food … revolution' as food retailing shifts from small shops and grocery stores to supermarkets. Climate change impacts and risk will …
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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes
World Bank Group - 2019
food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers … privacy; exclusion; and cybersecurity breaches. These risks cut across all segments of the economy, including the food system …
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Financial Sector's Cybersecurity : Regulations and Supervision
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018
The Financial Sector's Cybersecurity: Regulation and Supervision identifies prevalent concepts and practices and presents them in a way for financial sector authorities to consider and apply to their respective jurisdictions. Starting with the debate of whether cyber-specific regulations are...
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Financial Safety Nets and Bank Resolution Frameworks in Southern Africa : Key Issues and Challenges
World Bank Group - 2019
This report provides an assessment of the current state of development of financial safety nets and bank resolution frameworks in eight countries in southern Africa (Botswana, Eswatini [formerly Swaziland], Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). It has been prepared...
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Prudential Regulatory and Supervisory Practices for Fintech : Payments, Credit and Deposits
World Bank Group - 2019
This report is a stock-take of the state of prudential regulation and supervision of fintech. It focuses on prudential questions related to three primary products-transaction accounts (deposits and e-money accounts), credit, and payments. As such, the report covers e-money providers, P2P...
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Strengthening Safeguards in Bank Resolution Frameworks in Emerging and Developing Countries
World Bank Group - 2020
The paper will focus on the resolution frameworks of a sample of 12 countries taken from 6 regions. The review of the sample countries is used to analyze issues that may be relevant for other countries and to discuss potential challenges faced in implementing effective safeguards. The remainder...
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Understanding Bank Recovery and Resolution in the EU : A Guidebook to the BRRD
World Bank Group - 2016
The 2007 financial crisis has exposed major weaknesses in global financial systems, including the threat to financial stability posed by banks that were too big, interconnected and complex to be closed or go bankrupt. As a result, many banks have been rescued using public support, allowing for...
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Bank Resolution and 'Bail-In' in the EU : Selected Case Studies Pre- and Post-BRRD
World Bank Group - 2016
In the aftermath of the 2007/08 financial crisis, and lacking sufficient coordinated guidelines or legislation, measures to address failing financial institutions in European Union (EU) Member States were taken at national level. In an effort to improve cross border coordination as well as to...
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Myanmar Financial Sector Reforms : Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2022
During Myanmar's decade of reforms, financial sector reforms were widely recognized to be a critical underpinning of Myanmar's democratization process, enabling the transition to a more egalitarian, accessible economy. Accordingly, the government developed a program of wide-ranging financial...
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Lebanon Economic Monitor, Fall 2022 : Time for an Equitable Banking Resolution
World Bank Group - 2022
The economy continues to contract, albeit at a somewhat slower pace. Public finances improved in 2021, but only because spending collapsed faster than revenue generation. Testament to the continued atrophy of Lebanon's economy, the Lebanese Pound continues to depreciate sharply. The sharp...
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