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This study presents options for disaster risk financing in Brazil, drawing from international experience. The study … preliminary review of the current budget management of natural disasters in Brazil. It benefits from the international experience … characteristics of Brazil, as well as to the availability of relevant data …
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Although Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, it has a relatively low number of natural hazards. However … comparable size would incur. Brazil faces an increasing risk of natural disasters, in particular floods and landslides. The … objective of the study is to strengthen capacity of geohazard disaster resilience of federal highway infrastructure in Brazil …
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The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic is expected to … plunge Brazil into another recession. Although the pain of recession can be felt across the economy, smaller firms are … and the recovery phase. Brazil has already put in place significant measures to address the economic crisis. Beyond the …
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This is an assessment of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) and, secondarily, of certain self-regulatory organizations (SRO) that participate in the regulation of the capital markets of Thailand. This assessment was conducted in February, 2019 as part of the Financial...
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This report contains the assessments of BAHTNET and TSD based on the PFMI. The assessment was undertaken in the context of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) of Thailand in November 2018. The assessors were Gynedi Srinivas and Dorothee...
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The Sistema de Pagos Electranicos Interbancarios (SPEI) is an important pillar of a complex payment and securities settlement infrastructure, through which the payments of various markets are settled with finality. In 2015, SPEI processed transactions for the equivalent of 10 times the country's...
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In 2022, Brazil celebrated its 200th anniversary. What will Brazil celebrate at its 220th anniversary, in 2042 …? Following the recent elections there is a window of opportunity for reforms that will shape Brazil's development over the next … decades. "The Brazil of the Future: Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability" takes a long-term perspective on …
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Over the past decade, illegal gold extraction has increased significantly in the Amazon region, partly due to the high international prices of this mineral, the less stringent attitude of some countries in relation to the environment and the pursuit of immediate economic opportunities....
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changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve … environment. Brazil thus finds itself at an important juncture and, to a certain extent, the policy course set today will … sustainable growth. This Systematic Country Diagnostic offers a contribution to the debate about Brazil's future development …
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