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Capital Markets and SMEs in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies : Can They Go the Distance?

World Bank Group - 2020

that started in 2007, there has been an active debate about the role that capital markets can play in SME financing. This … report seeks to enhance practitioners' understanding of the potential role that capital markets can have in SME financing in …-based solutions to expand SME financing with a view to identifying key preconditions and challenges for EMDEs implementing the …

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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 personal and family life of the owner-operator(s) of such businesses, raising particular concerns that apply much less frequently in the context of corporate insolvency. This report...

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Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets

World Bank Group - 2021

Offshore wind holds tremendous promise for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable form of new electricity generation with the potential to stimulate valuable economic benefits. However, developing a new offshore wind sector in an emerging market is no easy task. Decision makers...

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Listing State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging and Developing Economies : Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Success and Failure

World Bank Group - 2021

In this report, the authors investigate state-owned enterprise (SOE) listings as a solution to promote local capital markets development. Thus, SOE listings can offer governments an enormous opportunity to kick-start the development of their local capital markets while achieving other divestment...

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What Does Digital Money Mean for Emerging Market and Developing Economies? : Fintech and the Future of Finance Flagship Technical Note

World Bank Group - 2022

Physical cash and commercial bank money are dominant vehicles for retail payments around the world, including in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). Yet payments in EMDEs are marked by several key deficiencies, such as lack of universal access to transaction accounts, widespread...

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Getting Down to Earth : Are Satellites Reliable for Measuring Air Pollutants That Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

World Bank Group - 2022

Outdoor air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide, the majority of which are caused by exposure to fine particulate matter (or PM2.5) air pollution. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Reducing PM2.5 air pollution is thus crucial for...

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Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets

World Bank Group - 2018

This Good Practice Handbook is designed to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts on downstream river ecosystems and people, and determine their Environmental Flows (EFlows) commitments. The Handbook outlines a good...

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Promoting the Use of Capital Markets for Infrastructure Financing : Lessons for Securities Markets Regulators in Emerging Market Economies

World Bank Group - 2017

This Note provides guidance to securities markets regulators in emerging market economies (EMEs) about key regulatory issues that could affect the issuance of debt instruments for infrastructure financing over which they have some control. The Note focuses on three areas (placement regime,...

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Promoting Competition in the Distribution of Mutual Funds : Lessons for Securities Markets Regulatory Authorities in Emerging Market Economies

World Bank Group - 2017

This Policy Note focuses on distribution channels, the role they play in product diversification and costs, and how regulation can promote competition in mutual funds (MFs) distribution. In many emerging market economics (EMEs) where both the capital markets and the MFs have reached certain...

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Product Design and Distribution : Emerging Regulatory Approaches for Retail Banking Products

World Bank Group - 2019

This note discusses emerging international approaches for regulating design and distribution of retail banking products. Such products include deposit, credit, and payment products, being the products that new financial consumers typically acquire first. Policy makers are finding that financial...

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