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Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Investment Opportunities for Pension Funds

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This technical note examines investment opportunities for pension funds in Kazakhstan. It puts forward policy alternatives that could lead to improved management of pension fund assets in Kazakhstan. The note emphasizes prudence in the management of pension assets, given the social and fiscal...

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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Funded Pension System

World Bank Group - 2019

While Thailand's pension system is typically described as a multipillar pension scheme, its design is highly fragmented and offers adequate coverage only to a small segment of the population, including civil servants and high-income individuals. In its 2018 Article IV report, the IMF highlighted...

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Malawi Financial Sector Assessment Program : Contractual Savings - Insurance and Pensions

International Monetary Fund - 2008

The penetration level of the insurance and pension sectors in Malawi is low, but it seems adequate as compared with other countries in similar stages of development. Concentration and costs are high, the regulatory framework is outdated or inexistent and supervision is weak. An innovative pilot...

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Portugal : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note on Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy for Portugal explains investor protection and corporate governance. Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) is the regulator in charge on ensuring compliance with disclosure issues as well as the corporate...

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Australia : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This study reviews selected issues on investor protection and corporate governance in Australia, and concludes that the corporate governance framework for Australian-listed companies is largely healthy and dynamic. Shareholder activism is an important element of corporate governance because it...

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Establishment of the Investment Account

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This paper summarizes the relevant considerations and presents decisions for the establishment of an Investment Account (IA). Executive Directors considered an analysis of the establishment and operations of an IA in September 2005. During the discussion in March 2006 of the medium-term outlook...

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Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Risk

International Monetary Fund - 2012

This paper surveys that state of fiscal transparency in the wake of the current crisis and looks at what can be done to improve it. It examines the relationship between fiscal transparency and fiscal outcomes; reviews progress in promoting greater fiscal transparency over the past decade; considers...

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System of environmental-economic accounting 2012 : experimental ecosystem accounting

European Commission / Statistical Office of the …; … - 2014

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA Experimental Ecosystem … Accounting) presents initial efforts to define a measurement framework for integrating biophysical data, tracking changes in … ecosystems and linking those changes to economic and other human activity. It applies the accounting concepts and rules to the …

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United Kingdom : Vulnerabilities of Household and Corporate Balance Sheets and Risks for the Financial Sector Technical Note

International Monetary Fund - 2011

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country

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Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as information on fiscal stimulus and financial and industrial sector support gathered through mid-May. It follows the request by G-20 leaders for the Fund to assess regularly the...

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