Firms and individual borrowers are experiencing a sharp decrease in income due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them unable to meet their credit obligations. Governments, Central Banks and financial sector...
This Guidance Note examines the potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) within the context of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions. While this model is the primary reference, the Guidance...
This Guidance Paper provides a primer on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and highlights the junctures at which this new technology meaningfully impacts secured transactions frameworks. The aim is to...
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...
The main objective of this Knowledge Guide is to provide guidance to the World Bank Group (WBG) staff, donor institutions, government officials and other practitioners on the objectives and implementation...
This note analyzes the evolution of Credit Information Systems, including the emergence of new technologies that use alternative data in credit decisioning and the opportunities and risks associated with...
Nigeria is an entrepreneurial economy with an estimated thirty seven million Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) in the country, and their contribution to economic growth and job creation...