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Financial Risk and Opportunities to Build Resilience in Europe
World Bank Group - 2021
This report presents an analysis conducted by the World Bank to assess macro-fiscal impacts of earthquakes and floods in European Union (EU) Member States (MS), analyze the financial instruments in place to manage this risk and identify any associated funding gaps. The analysis is underpinned by...
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Trade and Investment Implications of Brexit
World Bank Group - 2016
The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...
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Opening for Business : Myanmar Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
World Bank Group - 2016
As part of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) program for Trade-Related Assistance to Least Developed Countries (LCDs), which Myanmar joined in April 2013, the Government of Myanmar has asked the World Bank Group (WBG) to be the implementing agency for a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study...
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Accelerating Paraguay's International Integration through Enhanced Trade, Investment and Competition Policies
World Bank Group - 2022
This report seeks to inform the policy dialogue on how to accelerate Paraguay's international economic integration and in turn its medium- and long-term growth prospects. It benchmarks Paraguay's global integration; analyzes trade, investment and competition policies and the quality of related...
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Saving Entrepreneurs, Saving Enterprises : Proposals on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency
World Bank Group - 2018
Micro and small enterprise (MSME) insolvency is particularly likely to impact not only the business, but also the … frequently in the context of corporate insolvency. This report refines and expands on the earlier deliberations of the Insolvency … and Creditor or Debtor Regimes Task Force (ICR Task Force) regarding the optimal approaches for treating MSME insolvency …
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Household Over-Indebtedness in Russia
World Bank Group - 2019
In the last three years, household debt has risen by a third as disposable income declined. Declining interest rates, ease of access to credit for consumers and poorly regulated microfinance lending practices led to fast growth in consumer debt. Consumer lending in the banking and microfinance...
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Bulgaria Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Insolvency and Creditor-Debtor Regimes
World Bank Group - 2016
The World Bank Group assessed the insolvency and creditor/debtor regimes ('ICR') of Bulgaria pursuant to the joint IMF … rather comprehensive but in practice insolvency proceedings are not working effectively. This report tries to contribute to …
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Report on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency
World Bank Group - 2017
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are among the largest commercial users of insolvency systems. MSMEs are a … insolvencies. However, there are a very few specialized legal regimes for MSME insolvency; most jurisdictions treat MSME … challenges of MSME insolvency; and considers if existing international standards are sufficient to address MSME insolvency …
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Macedonia
World Bank Group - 2014
The Country Opinion Survey in Macedonia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Macedonia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia,...
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Fintech and the Digital Transformation of Financial ServicesFintech and the Future of Finance Flagship Technical Note : Implications for Market Structure and Public Policy
World Bank Group - 2022
This note examines the implications of digital innovation for market structure and attendant policies, including financial and competition regulation. There have been several surveys of regulatory responses. This note takes a step back, to look at what the economic theory of banking and...
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