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Can regulation promote financial inclusion?
Chen, Rong; Divanbeigi, Raian - 2019
Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...
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A decade after the 2009 Global Recession : macroeconomic and financial sector policies
Koh, Wee Chian; Yu, Shu - 2020
Unprecedented monetary policy accommodation in advanced economies and a large, coordinated fiscal stimulus by G20 countries helped to support a solid rebound in global output right after the 2009 Global Recession. However, global growth subsequently slowed to a sluggish pace by pre-recession...
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Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2019/2020 : Rebuilding Investor Confidence in Times of Uncertainty
2020
The Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2019-2020 provides novel analytical insights, empirical evidence, and … investments' contributions to their country's development, enhance investor confidence, and foster their economies' investment … decrease in employment, firm productivity, or investment. Foreign investors report that supporting political environments …
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Applying Results-Based Financing in Water Investments
Rodriguez, Diego - 2014
Given the broad array of issues and the complexity faced by the water sector as a whole (from irrigation to flood protection, to water conservation and hydropower), there is great demand for future exploring the potential of RBF and tackling the questions still unanswered about many of its...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2017 : Weak Investment in Uncertain Times
2017 - Online-Ausg.
Stagnant global trade, subdued investment, and heightened policy uncertainty marked another difficult year for the … world economy. A moderate recovery is expected for 2017, with receding obstacles to activity in commodity-exporting emerging … market and developing economies. Weak investment is weighing on medium-term prospects across many emerging market and …
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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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Raising US : Greening Banks and Capital Markets for Growth
Kludovacz, Tibor - 2018
climate change agreement that pledged to keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or less. To bring the world to this 2-degree … trillion dollars in climate-smart investment opportunities in emerging markets between 2016 and 2030, this paper analyzes the …
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Global Economic Prospects : Financial Market Outlook, March 2013
Aykut, Dilek - 2013
area turmoil, bounced back in the second half of the year. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries …
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Global Economic Prospects : Financial Markets Outlook, June 2014
Ju Kim, Eung - 2014
External financing conditions for developing countries have been remarkably favorable in recent months, reflecting expectations of a more drawn-out period of monetary policy accommodation in high-income countries and some narrowing of external vulnerabilities. Additional easing by the European...
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Global Economic Prospects : Financial Market Outlook, July 2013
Aykut, Dilek - 2013
same period in 2012. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries increased by 9 percent during the …
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