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The World Federation of Development Financing Institution’s Knowledge Hub (WFDFI_KH) is an online portal that clusters knowledge and resources on development financing across all development intervention areas. It is a free-for all web space where development financing practitioners and enthusiasts could access existing and compelling knowledge products from a wide range of institutions, with diverse structure and procedures, engaged in supporting and promoting development finance and its crosscutting issues in advancing policies, processes, programs, projects and practices for the benefits of their beneficiaries and stakeholders. The two-fold purposes of the WFDFI_KH are shaping and advancing policy and advocacy positions that impact the development of the banking and finance community worldwide and improve DFI capacity, as well as facilitating knowledge management and sharing.

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Wealth Inequality in Latin America

16 de June de 2023

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

Banks Finance Infrastructures Publications Technologies & Innovations

15 de June de 2023

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

Environment / Ecosystem Policy / Governance Public Sector Publications SDGs

13 de June de 2023

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

Banks Finance Market Policy / Governance Public banks Publications

9 de June de 2023

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.

Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe

Climate / Resilience Finance Infrastructures Public banks Publications Water & Sanitation

8 de June de 2023

Public banks have played an important role in financing public water and sanitation services in Europe for over a century, but these activities have been largely ignored in the academic literature. This special issue is an initial corrective to this research gap, providing conceptual insights and empirical information on eight countries and regions in Europe, covering a wide range of public banks working with public water operators.

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Wealth Inequality in Latin America

Access to Credit and the Expansion of Broadband Internet in Peru

Taxation of the Mining Industry in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis and Policy

OVERVIEW OF AFRICA’S FINANCIAL SECTOR Long term finance and capital markets1

Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe

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