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Institutions for Regulatory Governance
World Bank (contributor);  … - International Finance Corporation - 2010
This paper looks at the role and design of regulatory reform institutions in developing countries. These institutions … and by promoting the regulatory reform agenda; and 4) Ad hoc institutions for regulatory reform, established to launch …: section one briefly reviews the theoretical debate and literature about the role of institutions in facilitating higher …
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Trade barriers in government procurement
Mulabdic, Alen; Rotunno, Lorenzo - In: The economics of deep trade agreements, (pp. 99-106). 2021
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The Global Findex Database 2017 : Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 2018
In 2011 the World Bank-with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Drawing on survey data collected in collaboration with Gallup, Incorporated, the...
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Global Trade Watch 2017 : Trade Defies Policy Uncertainty-Will It Last?
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018
Trade rebounded in 2017, with trade volume growing at 4.3 percent in 2017 - the fastest rate in 6 years. The recovery of trade is not limited to a few regions but is widespread, suggesting that we may be at a turning point. The largest contributions to global trade growth have come from East...
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The Microfinance Business Model : Enduring Subsidy and Modest Profit
Cull, Robert - 2016
depend on low costs. This paper uses proprietary data on 1,335 microfinance institutions between 2005 and 2009, jointly …
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The Global Findex Database 2014 : Measuring Financial Inclusion around the World
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 2015
The Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) database, launched by the World Bank in 2011, provides comparable indicators showing how people around the world save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. The 2014 edition of the database reveals that 62 percent of adults worldwide have an...
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How Does Long-Term Finance Affect Economic Volatility?
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 2016
risk. Institutions that facilitate the availability of credit information and contract enforcement mitigate the refinancing …
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Firms Capital Structure
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli - 2015
Using a data set covering about 277,000 firms across 79 countries over the period 2004-11, this paper examines the evolution of firms capital structure during the global financial crisis and its aftermath in 2010-11. The study finds that firm leverage and debt maturity declined in advanced...
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Regulatory Quality and Competition Policy
World Bank (contributor);  … - International Finance Corporation - 2010
protecting consumers through economic regulation. Part two of this paper considers institutions and processes for implementing …
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Making It Work : 'RIA Light' for Developing Countries
World Bank (contributor);  … - International Finance Corporation - 2010
This report is an output of the Better Regulation for Growth Program between the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and IC, the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. The reports identifies a set of minimum...
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