The objective of this disaster risk financing (DRF) diagnostic is to assess Ethiopia’s financial preparedness to disasters and crises at the sovereign, firm, and household level. At the request of the...
The global banking industry has a well-known and well-documented leadership gender gap. The financial sector is a popular career choice for women, yet their representation drops precipitously at the higher...
The Environment and Waste Management Project (EWMP) aims to support the Government of Lao PDR (GOL) to reach its objectives, as stated in the National Green Growth Strategy 2030; to implement policies...
This toolkit provides practical guidance to help teams working on women’s entrepreneurship projects apply digital solutions to project design and policy advice. Such solutions may include, for example...
The paper will focus on the resolution frameworks of a sample of 12 countries taken from 6 regions. The review of the sample countries is used to analyze issues that may be relevant for other countries...
This paper takes a closer look at why safeguards are needed in bank resolution frameworks and how the principles included in a subset of the key attributes are expected to protect third party rights. Through...
Section one of the paper provides a broad overview of the nature and objectives of the projects. Section two contains an objective view of the impact of FIRST funded projects on the growth in insurance...
The FIRST Lessons Learned Series is a collection of FIRST's technical and functional insights gained from FIRST funded engagements. This knowledge note shares valuable lessons from FIRST-funded DIS projects...
This knowledge note by William Price, Marlon Rawlins and Fiona Stewart shares useful lessons from FIRST-funded pension projects led by the Finance and Markets Global Practice at the World Bank Group, which...
The FIRST Lessons Learned Series is a collection of FIRST's technical and functional insights gained from FIRST funded engagements. This knowledge note shares useful lessons from FIRST-funded pension projects...
Paraguay’s real gross domestic product has grown an average of about 4 percent per year since 2005. According to the 2013 Paraguay financial inclusion survey (EIF), 2 29 percent of adults report having...
Paraguay’s real gross domestic product has grown an average of about 4 percent per year since 2005. According to the 2013 Paraguay financial inclusion survey (EIF), 2 29 percent of adults report having...