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"The World Bank has been publishing estimates of adjusted net or "genuine" saving since 1999. This measure of saving treats depletion of natural resources as a type of economic depreciation. Hamilton uses recent theoretical results relating growth in saving to growth in future consumption to...
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The objective of this study is to contribute to the development of new structured financial products in Peru, in particular as means to address the problems of access to finance faced by underserved segments such as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This document reviews how structured...
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inclusive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Modest investment rates despite attractive returns and low savings rates despite … environment is estimated at 3.5 percent. In light of South Africa's low national savings, the reemergence of high current account … inclusive growth, with special emphasis on the issues of savings and investment …
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and private pensions development issues; and (iv) insurance. This note is arranged as follows: Section I gives the …
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This report is based on a study of the costs of retail payments in Kosovo, using a methodology (A Practical Guide for Measuring Retail Payment Costs) developed by the World Bank's Payment System Development Group (PSDG), part of the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice. The...
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LAC has endured one of the longest spells of school closures. The region was hit disproportionately hard in health, economic, and educational terms. In the region, an entire generation of students - approximately 170 million - were fully deprived of in-person education for roughly 1 out of 2...
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The first savings and loan associations (SLAs - mutuelles d'epargne et de credit) were established in Madagascar in … the costs of delivering financial services and where savings can be more readily mobilized to support growth. …
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