Documents & Reports
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North Macedonia - Growth Acceleration Plan : SME Finance - Aide Memoire (English)
At the request of the Minister of Finance (MoF), a World Bank mission visited Skopje from 6th-14th July 2022 to support the update of the SME-finance-related activities of the Government’s Growth Acceleration...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 183167 Document Date: September 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Guadamillas,Mario,Silva,Anderson Caputo,Carvajal,Ana Fiorella,Oguz,Alper Ahmet,Markovska,Tatjana,Nerlich,Anica
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Fintech in Europe and Central Asia : Maximizing Benefits and Managing Risks (English)
FinTech has tremendous potential in the Europe & Central Asia (ECA) region, given its high mobile phone and internet access levels and scope for increased use of digital payments. However, there are major...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147346 Document Date: February 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Berg,Gunhild,Guadamillas,Mario,Sarkar,Arpita,Natarajan,Harish
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Balancing cooperation and competition in retail payment systems : lessons from Latin America case studies (English)
"Balancing cooperation and competition in retail payment systems: lessons from Latin America case studies" presents the findings of four case studies in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico)...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 47500 Document Date: November 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Guadamillas,Mario
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Reforming payments and securities settlement systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (English)
The payments and securities settlement system is the infrastructure (comprising institutions, instruments, rules, procedures, standards, and technical means) established to effect the transfer of monetary...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 38282 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirasino,Massimo,Garcia, Jose,Guadamillas,Mario,Montes-Negret,Fernando
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Reforming payments and securities settlement systems : a key element of financial infrastructure (English)
Close attention has been paid since the mid-1980s, initially by central banks and then by other regulators and participants, to the design and operation of payments and securities settlement systems. This...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 38848 Document Date: December 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirasino, Maximo,Guadamillas,Mario
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Matrix for the assessment and recommendations of the securities clearance and settlement systems (English)
This working paper was prepared in the context of the Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative. This initiative is conducted by the World Bank in partnership with...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 45231 Document Date: February 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: De La Lastra, Inigo,Guadamillas,Mario,Holttinen, Eija
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Matrix for the assessment and recommendations of the securities clearance and settlement systems : Matriz para evaluacion y recomendaciones acerca de los sistemas de compensacion y liquidacion de valores (Spanish)
This working paper was prepared in the context of the Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative. This initiative is conducted by the World Bank in partnership with...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 45231 Document Date: February 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: De La Lastra, Inigo,Guadamillas,Mario,Holttinen, Eija