This roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the Philippines, considering the opportunities and challenges under different, hypothetical growth scenarios. The goal is to provide evidence to support the Government of the Philippines in establishing...

The banking sector is the backbone of the Sudan's financial system and will continue to play an important role as financial intermediary and primary source of financing for the domestic economy. As of December 31, 2003, there were 26 commercial and specialized banking institutions in Sudan which...

This report was prepared for the PRSP Implementation Forum (November 15-17), in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It covers recent macroeconomic developments and draws on recent and ongoing World Bank research and analysis undertaken in the areas of Governance, Finance and Trade, Public Administration,...

This detailed assessment of observance with the basel core principles for effective banking supervision is the first external comprehensive assessment of the system of banking supervision in Belarus. The assessment of observance of each of the core principles follows a qualitative approach and...

This note examines the observance by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) of the good practices on transparency in monetary policy. The transparency analysis was based on a review of relevant laws and regulations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF s) code of good practices...

The current system of deposit insurance is governed by two different pieces of legislation, each in turn elaborated by a separate National Bank of Belarus (NBB) resolution. The two legislations cover foreign exchange accounts in state owned banks and all other accounts, respectively. The first...

State ownership in financial intermediation in Mexico has continued to be significant in qualitative as well as quantitative terms, with about 20-25 percent per cent of the total credit of the banking system provided by development banks (DBs) and funds during the last five years. The importance...

This module draws upon the work of the local consultants together with the Avag report on irrigation and a study on the specific problems in rural infrastructure. It aims to given a broad overview of infrastructure problems, the outlook given public policy objectives, and a suggested public...

It is generally believed that Afghanistan has one of the lowest levels of access to electricity in the world; the figure of 6 percent access on the national level is often cited. While it is certainly true that overall access to electricity is low in this overwhelmingly rural and poor country, a...

This note offers an overview of challenges and lessons learned from the 2019 effort, then reviews each of the PIU's GMs, including the respective GM complaint uptake channels, overall GM architecture, registration and categorization processes, investigation and resolution mechanisms, related...