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This paper presents recent trends in government and foreign bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The evidence reviewed suggests that...
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This paper revisits trends in bank privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the past 25 years. Building on … a novel data set of privatization events for 70 developed and developing countries, it shows that bank privatization … smaller in that the fraction of a bank's ownership relinquished during privatization events declined. The majority of …
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Morocco charted its own distinctive path of power sector reform. It selectively introduced private sector participation …. The results have been impressive. Since 1990, Morocco has more than tripled its power supply, while growing renewable …
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The South Asia Economic Focus is a biannual economic update presenting recent economic developments and a near term economic outlook for South Asia. It includes a Focus section presenting more in depth analysis of an economic topic of relevance for stability, growth and prosperity in the region...
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The global financial crisis and ensuing credit crunch has revived the discussion on the role of public sector in the financial system around the world and in El Salvador, authorities have announced plans to step up their activities. A clearly defined strategy for the public banks, focused on...
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This Technical Note was prepared in the context of a World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) mission in the Republic of El Salvador in March 2016. This FSAP Development Module focused on (i) financial systems issues, including competition and efficiency; (ii) financial inclusion...
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employment, education, or training is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30 percent of the Moroccan … countries. First, it identifies the socioeconomic determinants of Morocco's young population not in employment, education, or …
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This paper uses data obtained from three Moroccan household surveys that took place between 2000 to 2013, to address issues related to the so-called "Arab puzzle." Welfare inequalities are low and declining in Arab countries and exist against the backdrop of a growing sense of dissatisfaction...
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This paper studies Morocco's growth and employment prospects in the context of a new growth model aimed at allowing the … automation of low-skilled jobs, to avoid falling into a middle-income trap. The first part reviews the growth model that Morocco … in Morocco. The paper concludes that to achieve high-income status and reduce unemployment significantly, Morocco will …
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African countries: Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, and Nigeria. First, the paper provides theoretical foundations of such a …
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