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State-Owned Enterprises in Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia: Size, Costs, and Challenges

Author/Editor: Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, Christine J Richmond, Oluremi Akin Olugbade, Gareth Anderson, Maria Atamanchuk, Hatim Bukhari, Iacovos Ioannou, Deeksha Kale, Tannous Kass-Hanna, Maximilien Queyranne, Wei Shi, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:September, 2021

Prior to the COVID-19 shock, the key challenge facing policymakers in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia region was how to generate strong, sustainable, job-rich, inclusive growth. more...



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Financial Development and Inclusion in the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Chuan Li, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:March, 2018

Many Caribbean financial systems are relatively well developed for their size but benefits are concentrated in a small part of the population. In several large countries, the financial development more...



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Migration and Remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean : Engines of Growth and Macroeconomic Stabilizers?

Author/Editor: Kimberly Beaton, Svetlana Cerovic, Misael Galdamez, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Franz Loyola, Zsoka Koczan, Bogdan Lissovolik, Jan Kees Martijn, Yulia Ustyugova, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:June, 2017

Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper examines recent trends more...



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Women at Work in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Natalija Novta, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:February, 2017

Women across the world remain an underutilized resource in the labor force. Participation in the labor force averages around 80 percent for men but only 50 percent for women – nearly half of more...



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Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Dyna Heng, Anna Ivanova, Rodrigo Mariscal, Uma Ramakrishnan, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:April, 2016

This paper examines the state of financial development in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region as well as potential growth and stability implications from further development. The more...



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Financial Inclusion : Zooming in on Latin America

Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris, Yixi Deng, Anna Ivanova, Izabela Karpowicz, Filiz Unsal, Eva VanLeemput, Joyce Wong.

Release Date:September, 2015

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made important strides in promoting financial inclusion of firms and households. However, while the region is broadly at par with its peers on more...



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