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National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic issued Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Guidelines for the banking sector to adequately manage the risks and recommends how banks can integrate ESG into…
The West African Economic and Monetary Union community, which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo, is facing a deficit of decent housing of…
Catastrophe bonds, also known as #catbonds, brings diversification to investment portfolios and provides robust performance in good and bad times. What could a cat bond for a Central Asian country…
Banking supervisors in Central Asia need to be prepared for a potentially sharp rise in NPLs. A recent World Bank policy paper assesses the NPL resolution framework in four Central Asian countries…
Policymakers around the world must balance providing continued support to households and businesses confronting new challenges, such as the global rise in inflation and the war in Ukraine, while…
Whenever the share of industry in the economy starts waning, industrial expansion often becomes a component of the growth policies. This blog analyzes if and how targeting labor market barriers…
Learn more about the potential of the sovereign green, social and sustainability bond market to mobilize private capital.
The Kyrgyz Open Joint Stock Company Guarantee Fund (GF) program has played an important role in supporting MSMEs’ access to finance when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.
Businesses worldwide feel the repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but how exactly is the private sector faring in Central Asia—a region with deep trade and investment ties to Russia…