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This Technical Note was prepared in the context of a World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program mission in the Republic of El Salvador in March 2016. This FSAP Development Module focuses on (i) financial systems issues, including competition and efficiency; (ii) financial inclusion and...
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An international cooperative effort has been focused on the need to reduce financial fragility and systemic risks in global financial markets. Work is proceeding in three different areas: enhancing financial market transparency, improving the international financial architecture, and...
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The main objective of this toolkit is to provide technical advice and guidance to World Bank Group staff, donor institutions, government officials and other practitioners on the implementation of secured transactions law and institutional reforms in emerging market countries. However, the...
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financial regulation. First, the paper proposes a broad index of regulatory quality for financial inclusion, emphasizing the …
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strength of bank regulation and supervision, exchange rate flexibility, and restrictions on capital flows. The findings qualify …
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This paper provides evidence that commercial lenders in Peru free ride off their peers' screening efforts. Leveraging a discontinuity in the loan approval process of a large bank, the study finds that competing lenders responded to additional loan approvals by issuing approvals of their own....
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This paper studies loan conditions in a context where private banks can operate in two credit markets: a free-market with no government intervention and an earmarked market that relies on government funds and where interest rates are regulated. The paper examines the effects of earmarked lending...
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Financial regulation affects government revenue whenever it imposes both the mandatory quantity and price of government … bonds. This paper studies a banking regulation adopted by the National Bank of Ethiopia in April 2011, which forces all …
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The Financial Sector's Cybersecurity: Regulation and Supervision identifies prevalent concepts and practices and …
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Financial Cooperatives (FCs) are important providers of financial services to poor and middle-income people, and significant drivers of financial inclusion. Aside from their strong presence and relevance in developed economies, especially Europe and North America, the significance of financial...
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