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  The banking system in emerging economies: how much progress has been made?

  Bank for International Settlements, 2006

  Banking crises in emerging markets in the 1990s were associated with major macroeconomic disruptions: sharp increases in interest rates, large currency depreciations, output collapses and lasting declines in the supply of credit.
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  Private participation in infrastructure database

  World Bank, 2006

  The newly upgraded and updated Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database website provides information about 3,000 infrastructure projects that involve private investment, for 150 low- and middle- income countries.
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  Disaster insurance for the poor? A review of microinsurance for natural disaster risks in developing countries

  ProVention Consortium, 2006

  This study provides an in-depth review of microinsurance by analysing a range of case studies and examining the benefits and limitations of microinsurance.
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  Beyond microfinance: building inclusive rural financial markets in Central Asia

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2006

  This online book is based on a two-year research project with the aim of countering the perception that microfinance development alone could provide an answer to the problems of rural financial market development.
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  Insuring public finances against natural disasters: a survey of options and recent initiatives

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  Natural disasters in developing and small countries can disrupt the macroeconomic environment and put severe strain on public finances. International relief funds provided after a disaster are not always reliable and are often slow to arrive.
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  The policy framework for investment

  OECD Development Centre, 2006

  This policy brief gives an overview of the OECD’s Policy Framework for Investment (PFI).
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  Doing business 2007: how to reform

  Doing Business, World Bank, 2006

  Doing Business 2007: How to Reform is the fourth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
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  The future of climate policy: the financial sector perspective

  United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2005

  The financial sector can play a role in mitigating climate change through investment in areas such as no- or low-emission technologies and carbon emissions trading. However, the time frames of the Kyoto protocol – due to conclude in 2012 – do not provide the certainty that investors need to invest in the necessary medium- to long-term projects.
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  Policy brief on corporate governance of banks in Asia

  OECD Development Centre, 2006

  This Policy Brief identifies corporate governance issues that affect banks and the banking sector in Asia. The task force on whose input the Brief is based believe that the importance of corporate governance of banks differs from that of other companies and needs special attention, the failure of banks could result in a monetary loss for the private depositors.
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  Creating a more efficient financial system : challenges for Bangladesh

  World Bank, 2006

  Bangladesh has embarked on a path to reform its financial system, most prominently by privatising its government-owned banks, the Nationalised Commercial Banks (NCBs).

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