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  • A Toolkit for Corporate Workouts (English)

    This Toolkit is aimed primarily at policy makers, financial institutions, and enterprises. It examines different types of corporate restructuring procedures on the basis that one size does not fit across...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 167906 Document Date: January 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Menezes,Antonia Preciosa,Brodie,Simon James,Gropper,Akvile,Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • How Insolvency and Creditor-Debtor Regimes Can Help Address Nonperforming Loans (English)

    In modern economies, banks are typically the primary financial intermediaries and are fundamental to a stable financial system, one that is capable of efficiently allocating resources, assessing and managing...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 156258 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Menezes,Antonia Preciosa,Muro,Sergio Ariel,Pereira,Clara Martins,Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • Coordinating Prudential Regulation and Secured Transactions Frameworks : A Primer (English)

    Coordination between secured transactions law and rules regulating financial products and institutions is of primary importance to support establishing a sound and inclusive credit ecosystem. This Primer...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 154313 Document Date: November 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Castellano,Giuliano Giovanni Francesco,Chhabra,Pratibha,Wilson,John Martin,Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • Assessment of Secondary Markets for Movable Assets in the Jamaica Manufacturing Sector (English)

    One of the critical challenges to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) continues to be access to finance (World Bank 2019). Asset-based lending (ABL) is emerging as a unique financing option for...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 154432 Document Date: October 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chhabra,Pratibha,Thyssen,Lillian,Uttamchandani,Mahesh,Shiels,Damien,Alvarez De La Campa,Alejandro,Arthur Lok Jack

  • Credit Bureau Licensing and Supervision : A Primer (English)

    In recent years, as more and more regulators have begun to assume the role of supervision and oversight over credit bureau(s), the World Bank Group has supported supervisors in understanding and carrying...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 154149 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Uttamchandani,Mahesh,Sankaranarayanan,Shalini

  • COVID-19 Outbreak : Corporate Insolvency - How Can Out-of-Court Workouts Help? (English)

    The COVID-19 crisis has affected firms’ liquidity and balance sheet. Many firms are expected to become insolvent. The surge in the number of bankruptcy cases is likely to result in higher costs, longer...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 157549 Document Date: May 15, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dancausa,Fernando,Muro,Sergio Ariel,Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • Regulatory Implications of Integrating Digital Assets and Distributed Ledgers in Credit Ecosystems (English)

    This guidance note focuses on the regulatory implications that the deployment of distributed ledger technology (DLT) entails for secured transactions and collateral registry (STCR) frameworks. In particular...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 148043 Document Date: April 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chhabra,Pratibha,Sultanov,Murat,Wilson,John Martin,Maceachern,Frances Elaine,Salamina,Luz Maria,Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • The Global Covid-19 FinTech Market Rapid Assessment Study (English)

    This global study seeks to assess how financial technology firms (FinTechs) have been impacted by Covid-19, and how they are responding to the resultant challenges and opportunities. The study is a joint...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 162150 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Silva,Anderson Caputo,Uttamchandani,Mahesh,Blake, Matthew,Wardrop, Robert,Rau, Raghu,Feyen,Erik H.B.,Miller,Margaret J.,McWaters, Jesse,Rowan,Philip George,Rauchs, Michel,Goh,Lesly Chiew-Hoong,Soriano,Miguel Angel,Frost, Jon,Morgan, Peter,Faz De Los Santos,Pedro Xavier

  • The World Bank research observer 27 (2) (English)

    This issue of the World Bank research observer contains the following articles: the odds of achieving the MDGs; the challenges of bankruptcy reform; school feeding programs and development: are we framing...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 80525 Document Date: August 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alderman,Harold H.,Bundy,Donald A. P.,Cirmizi,Elena,Go,Delfin Sia,Klapper,Leora,Pagiola,Stefano P.,Quijada,Jose Alejandro,Uttamchandani,Mahesh,Whittington,Dale,Wright,Brian D.

  • "No way out" : the lack of efficient insolvency regimes in the MENA region (English)

    This paper provides a comparative summary of the payout phase of insolvency systems in the MENA Region. Countries in the region generally have weaker restructuring and liquidation systems than those in...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5609 Document Date: March 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Uttamchandani,Mahesh

  • The challenges of bankruptcy reform (English)

    The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, credit crunch, and reduction in cross-border lending, trade finance, remittances, and foreign direct investment, which adversely affected...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5448 Document Date: October 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirmizi,Elena,Klapper,Leora,Uttamchandani,Mahesh