Closing Gender Gap In Digital Micro-insurance Among Women Smallholders In Africa
The mandate of the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) based on the Government Gazette Notice No. 836 of 2016 is to implement various Basic Social Protection Programmes (BSPP) aimed at protecting, promoting and assisting the poor and vulnerable in society.
Programmes implemented by the Department of Community Development promote the livelihoods of poor people by providing livelihoods skills and the seed capital in form of grants or micro-capital and farm inputs
Inter-American Development Bank Quarterly Business Review: First Quarter 2023
The 2023 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank’s performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and organizational indicators on a quarterly basis to allow management to monitor progress in achieving corporate results. This periodic monitoring supports evidence-based decision making and allows for timely identification of deviations from targets and enables effective implementation of measures to address them.
Agrimonitor Agricultural Policy Indicators: General Service Support Estimate (GSSE) 2023
This infographic illustrates the level of support provided to the agricultural sector as a whole through services such as research, development, training, inspection, marketing, and promotion. The indicator used is the General Service Support Estimate (GSSE), which is expressed as a percentage of the Total Support Estimate (TSE).
Estimating and mapping natural hazards and risk reduction provided by coastal ecosystems
This report presents two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sea-level rise. These analyses were used to inform post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience building efforts as well as climate change adaptation strategies.
Tax Transparency in Africa 2023: Africa Initiative Progress Report
The Africa Initiative has developed and expanded its capacitybuilding activities to ensure transparency and exchange of information (EOI) benefit African countries. In 2022, five African countries reported identifying EUR 76.6 million of additional revenues (tax, interests and penalties) through EOI, the highest amount since the launch of the Africa Initiative in 2014.
Inherited inequalities: intergenerational mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report takes a long-term perspective and covers cohorts born throughout the 20th century and early 21st century. The analysis of educational, occupational, income, health, and wealth mobility produces novel findings. Moreover, the report reveals new evidence that intergenerational ties in the region may go beyond the two consecutive generations of parents and children, extending further back in time.
Wealth Inequality in Latin America
In this study, we estimate aggregates based on macroeconomic data, and inequality based on recently available surveys. We contrast our results with the literature, with a handful of state-of-the-art estimates from administrative sources, and with more available but extrapolated estimates from Credit Suisse and wid.world. Considering all the evidence, we distinguish reliable facts from what can only be conjectured or speculated.
Access to Credit and the Expansion of Broadband Internet in Peru
We exploit the staggered expansion of the internet broadband network to firms and bank branches locations in Peru during the last decade to study non-financial firm performance and bank credit dynamics. Access to broadband unleashes firm growth, increases the chances of entry of firms and reduces the probability of exit in benefited locations.
Taxation of the Mining Industry in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis and Policy
Little is known about mining taxation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), although it is both particularly complex and has large effects on incentives for investments in mining activities. This paper reviews the types and consequences of mining taxes that are applied in the region and their implications for investment.
OVERVIEW OF AFRICA’S FINANCIAL SECTOR Long term finance and capital markets1
Expanding on the general overview of the financial sector in Africa, this second article focuses on the development of the capital markets and the recent initiatives to attract long-term capital to the continent. Capital markets in Africa are still in their infancy and mirror the economic development of the continent. However, the evolution over the last decade prior to COVID-19 pandemic underscores the growth potential.