This 2012 microcredit sector diagnostic review complements the 2011 review of the Banking sector and analyses the following five areas of consumer protection in microcredit: i) existing institutional arrangements...
The consumer financial services sector in South Africa is among the most sophisticated in the world, yet nearly 40 percent of the population, especially blacks, use no formal financial services. The now...
The consumer financial services sector in South Africa is among the most sophisticated in the world, yet nearly 40 percent of the population, especially blacks, use no formal financial services. The now...
Until the financial crisis of 2007, the global economy was adding an estimated 150 million new consumers of financial services each year. Rates of increase have since slowed but the growth continues. Most...
Latvia in 2003-2008 saw rapid increases in the levels of consumer debt growing at an average annual rate of 80 percent in years 2004-2006 and then slowing to 39 percent and 7 percent in 2007 and 2008...
Latvia in 2003-2008 saw rapid increases in the levels of consumer debt growing at an average annual rate of 80 percent in years 2004-2006 and then slowing to 39 percent and 7 percent in 2007 and 2008...
Over the last decade, consumer credit in the Russian Federation has expanded from almost nothing to 9.2 percent of GDP in 2008. This is an average increase of 84 percent a year for five years. In four...
Over the last decade, consumer credit in the Russian Federation has expanded from almost nothing to 9.2 percent of GDP in 2008. This is an average increase of 84 percent a year for five years. In four...
First in a pilot series of assessments in Europe and Central Asia, this report focuses on consumer protection in several parts of the financial sector including banking, consumer finance, insurance, private...
This diagnostic review covers governance of the supplementary pension fund sector of the Czech Republic and was prepared at the request of the Czech Ministry of Finance. The review has three objectives:...
This study reviews the recent developments in capital markets and institutional investors in Russia, and examines the policy challenges ahead for the development of the sector. The analysis covers key...
This assessment of the governance of the Czech insurance sector has three objectives: (1) develop a set of best practice benchmarks for assessing the governance of insurance sectors in the Europe and Central...
The prospect of European integration presents huge opportunities and challenges for the development of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Ukraine. By most measures, the development of the NBFI...