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    Policy update: nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets

    Ecofys, 2012
    Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the key issues around the compatibility of the two concepts.
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    Financing climate actions in developing countries: what role is there for NAMAS?

    CDC Climat, 2012
    This report by CDC Climate Research aims to highlight issues surrounding the financing of climate policies in developing countries and how nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) could be used as a part of the solutions. The report examines the definition and monitoring of climate financing commitments, how to ensure transparency and whether public funding alone will be sufficient.
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    The landscape of climate finance: a CPI report

    Climate Policy Initiative, 2011
    This Climate Policy Initiative analysis of the current climate finance landscape seeks to track the scale and route of the various types of finance available. Three main types of data sources were used in the study: existing databases and tracking mechanisms, third-party experts and the researchers own estimates (where data was inadequate or missing).
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    The impact of 1998 and 2008 financial crises on profitability of Islamic banks

    Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
    Islamic banks today exist in all parts of the world, and are looked upon as a viable alternative system which has many things to offer. While it was initially developed to fulfill the needs of Muslims, Islamic banking has now gained universal acceptance. Islamic banking is recognised as one of the fastest growing areas in banking and finance.
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    Effectiveness of information communication technology in rural insurance

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Information and communications technologies (ICT) are a device set of tools used to communicate rural people in order to disseminate awareness, create interest and to stimulate enroll intentions of insurance. The objective of this study is to explain the effectiveness of ICT towards insurance sectors in India.
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    The economic impact of competition

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
    This article tries to answer the question how does competition affect market outcomes, such as prices, innovation and access to services? In this context, the paper presents the findings of cross-border research, which compares the economic performance of four product markets across five countries that have different policy frameworks and competition climates.
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    From crisis to opportunity: harnessing the power of business to sustain progress towards the MDGs

    Business Action for Africa, 2010
    This report provides a number of insights about the international financial crisis and Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. The report inspects the opportunities for growth, and searches for some solutions to mitigate the worst effects of the crisis, taking into consideration how to maintain the momentum towards the MDGs.
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    The Role of Financial Institutions in the Economic Development of Malawi: Commercial Banks Perspective

    Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 2005
    This study focuses on formal financial institutions, specifically commercial banks operating in Malawi. A literature review is conducted to identify the services offered and geographical coverage of these services. This is followed by a brief discussion on the prevailing economic conditions as they effect the financial system.
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    National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)

    NCLC works to defend the rights of low-income consumers and to advance economic justice.
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    Informality in Egypt: a stepping stone or a dead end?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2009
    In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in many of the Least Developed Countries’ labour markets. This is partly because employment in the informal economy tends to expand during periods of economic adjustment or transition. By the late 1990s, more than two thirds of new workers in Egypt started work in informal employment.

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