Financial Sector

Fewer barriers to labor movement – a recipe for industrialization and growth in Central America?

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…

Rishabh Sinha|
Financial Sector, Governance, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Urban Development

Expiring Money (Part II)

Expiring money conflates monetary and fiscal policies into one single instrument — as helicopter money does.

Biagio Bossone, Ahmed Faragallah|
Financial Sector

Expiring money (Part I)

Expiring money, one whose value falls to zero after a specific date, is a potential monetary policy tool.

Biagio Bossone, Ahmed Faragallah|
Financial Sector

Making sure the money for climate action in MENA is being spent efficiently

Climate finance is an essential component to enabling climate action, and large-scale investments are needed. The WBG, the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing…

Nadir Mohammed, Jens Kromann Kristensen, Mona El-Chami, Vivi Neimenmaa, Marissa Dondoe|
Climate Change, Competitiveness, Financial Sector, Governance

Responsible finance and its role in improving financial resilience and well-being

The Global Findex 2021 shows global gains in account ownership and usage, but more can be done to improve the financial resilience and well-being of adults in developing economies.

Leora Klapper, Pia Roman Tayag|
Competitiveness, Digital Development, Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Social Protection
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Financial Sector