State-owned financial institutions (SOFIs) are often associated with poor corporate governance, political interference, crowding out of private sector resources, higher non-performing loans (NPLs…
A new type of corporate entity called Simplified Joint Stock Companies is formed quickly, flexibly, and with simpler procedures.
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Learn more about the potential of the sovereign green, social and sustainability bond market to mobilize private capital.
The 4th World Bank Tax Conference exposed the magnitude of the challenge to build equitable tax systems via policies that improve compliance of the very wealthy. This blog highlights a summary of…
Simplified Stock Companies (SAS) are an easy and fast way to establish and operate a company and thus enable it to access credits and other benefits to strengthen and grow the business.
In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.
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© Dominic Chavez/Global Financing Facility [[tweetable]]Still today, in almost all societies around the world, women are less well-off than men.[[/tweetable]] Women are still paid less than men;…