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The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking households and identifying the poor
Ngo, Diana; Christiaensen, Luc J. - 2018
rounds of Living Standards Measurement Study surveys from Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Ghana to construct indices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843481
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Rwanda Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2013
Although the Parliament of Rwanda has passed an impressive array of financial sector laws since 2008, the laws relevant … diagnostic review was requested by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in November 2012. Modules on banking and microfinance … sectors were developed based on publicly available information and data during the World Bank mission in Rwanda, and the …
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Mozambique Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2012
The review provides a detailed assessment of the institutional policy and regulatory framework in two segments of the financial sector: banking and non-bank credit institutions. The mission took place in response to a specific request for technical assistance in the field of financial consumer...
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Labor Productivity and Access to Markets Matter for Pro-Poor Growth : The 1990s in Burkina Faso and Vietnam
Bernabe, Sabine - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645293
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Better policies from policy-selective aid?
Annen, Kurt; Knack, Stephen F. - 2019
This paper shows that the increased policy-selectivity of aid allocations observed in recent years provides recipient countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and Institutional Assessment policy index from 1.5 to 2 for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051940
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Aid Flows to the Water Sector : Overview and Recommendations
Winpenny, James - 2016
This report provides data and insights on the role of grant funding and concessional financing in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG 6, known as the water SDG). These sources of funding are collectively referred to in this report as aid flows to the water sector. This report...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246614
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Supporting Growth and Stability in Afghanistan : The Country Partnership Framework Summary 2017 to 2020
World Bank Group - 2016
There have been substantial improvements in development outcomes in Afghanistan since 2001, particularly in terms of improved access to basic services such as water, sanitation, and electricity, and increased human development in education and health. However, some gains are now being eroded due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248481
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Nicaragua Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection in Financial Services : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2011
1990s and until 2007, the microfinance sector in Nicaragua has expanded robustly at 20 percent average annual growth rate … consumers in Nicaragua …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248400
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Revisiting the poverty trend in Rwanda : 2010/11 to 2013/14
Fatima, Freeha; Yoshida, Nobuo - 2018
According to the official statistics published by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, the country … national poverty numbers and corroborates the poverty rates published by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929531
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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda
World Bank Group - 2017
) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644968