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  • Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment : BRCA 2.0 Methodology (English)

    The Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment (BRCA) is a methodology to help countries, and cities assess their building and land use regulatory framework and identify opportunities for priority reforms...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 192717 Document Date: August 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Keiko Sakoda,Ana Campos Garcia

  • The Internationalization of China’s Equity Markets (English)

    The internationalization of China’s equity markets started in the early 2000s but accelerated after 2012, when Chinese firms’ shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen gradually became available to international...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10513 Document Date: June 28, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cortina Lorente,Juan Jose,Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad,Schmukler,Sergio L.,Xiao,Jasmine

  • Access to Credit and Bank Ownership: Evidence from Firm-Level Data (English)

    This paper uses a unique dataset with matched information at the firm-bank level covering 13,000 firms and 550 banks in 36 emerging and developing economies over 2012–20. The analysis tests whether government-owned...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10384 Document Date: March 28, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Di Filippo,Mario,Panizza,Ugo G.

  • Inclusive Banking : Emerging Practices to Advance the Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (English)

    Persons with disabilities - a group of one billion - represent a significant share of the world’s population, and a potential market of more than 3.4 billion people when family members and caregivers are...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 172748 Document Date: June 22, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Widelska,Kelly,Rudaba Zehra Nasir,Odaro,Esohe Denise,Rooprai,Gursimran,Monteiro,Marsha Sneh,Peeters,Johanna Sophie,Kirsten Newitt,Kelly, Sam,Mynbayeva, Jans,Zuluaga Gordillo,Daniela

  • Inclusive Banking : Emerging Practices to Advance the Economic Inclusion of LGBTI People (English)

    The size and potential of the untapped banking market for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people is significant and growing in importance. Estimates suggest that LGBTI people...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 172747 Document Date: June 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Widelska,Kelly,Rudaba Zehra Nasir,Odaro,Esohe Denise,Rooprai,Gursimran,Monteiro,Marsha Sneh,Peeters,Johanna Sophie,Newitt, Kirsten,Kelly, Sam,Zuluaga Gordillo,Daniela

  • Can you help someone become financially capable? : a meta-analysis of the literature (English)

    This paper presents a systematic and comprehensive meta-analysis of the literature on financial education interventions that focuses on financial education studies designed to strengthen the financial...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 120319 Document Date: May 4, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Miller, Margaret,Reichelstein,Julia Elaine,Salas, Christian,Zia,Bilal Husnain

  • Announcement of State of the Carbon Market 2007 on May 2, 2007 (English)

    On May 2, 2007, the seventh annual World Bank carbon market intelligence study, released today at Carbon Expo, shows that the global carbon market tripled in 2006, to US30 billion dollars from US10 billion...

    Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 170146 Document Date: May 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Announcement of Belgian Franc Bond Issue on February 14, 1972 (English)

    An issue of Belgian franc bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) is planned for public offering in Belgium on February 28, 1972 by a group of leading Belgian banks.

    Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 175240 Document Date: February 13, 1972 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank