Resultados de búsqueda - "financial sector"

Balance sheet changes and the impact of financial sector risk-taking on fiscal multipliers por Makrelov, Konstantin, Arndt, Channing, Davies, Rob, Harris, Laurence

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Chile, Social Accounting Matrix, 1996 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 1996 SAM for Chile breaks down the economy into two sectors: the productive sector which is classified in 13 different activities (agriculture, wood and paper, fishing, mining (except oil), oil, extraction and refinery, manufactures, electricity, gas and water, construction, commerce, transport and communication, other services) and the institutional sectors: private non-financial sector (households, rest of the private non-financial sector), public sector (government, public non-financial firms), financial institutions (Central Bank, private banks, other financial institutions). …”
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A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa por Anvari, Vafa, Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Makrelov, Konstantin, Strezepek, Kenneth, Thomas, Timothy S., Gabriel, Sherwin, Merven, Bruno

“…An important part of central bank interventions is conducting climate-related stress tests and scenario analysis to increase awareness in the financial sector of the effects of climate change, improve the integration of climate-related risks into financial companies’ decisions, identify important data gaps, and start building capacity to develop more advanced and accurate climate scenarios. …”
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Q&A with Graham Bendell, Director of Operations, Smart Card Society of Southern Africa por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Smart card technology could allow ACP countries to leapfrog stages of financial sector development because it eliminates the need for costly and comprehensive infrastructure. …”
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Assessing micro-finance services in agricultural sector development: a case study of semi-formal financial institutions in Tanzania por Rweyemamu, D.C., Kimaro, M.P., Urassa, O.M.

“…Deficient or inappropriate collateral, credit rationing, lender preferences for high-income customers borrowing large amounts, and bureaucratic procedures in the formal financial sector are often identified as key factors contributing to low access to credit among most rural dwellers.…”
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Sustainable development and global finance : a cultural discourse analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing por Hempshall, Kerri-Anne

“…This thesis explores the cultural discourse of two programs relating Sustainable Development (SD) to professionals within the Global Financial Sector. Through cultural discourse analysis, it has set out to explore and compare discussions surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing in regard to the meaning of these programs for individuals implementing them. …”

Bankers hållbarhetsredovisning och innehållets relevans för deras intressenter : en fallstudie på företag inom banksektorn por Engström, August, Nguyen, Helena

“…The purpose of this study is therefore to investigate which of the drivers contribute to voluntarily report more information than mandatory, what kind of information stakeholders expect and what challenges the financial sector has to meet stakeholder expectations. …”

Macroeconomic reforms and regional integration southern Africa por Mataya, Charles

“…They also sought to improve financial sector policy (to achieve competitive returns on financial assets, increase the marginal productivity of capital, and boost the saving rate); improve the efficiency of public enterprises and labor markets (to enhance the mobility of goods and labor and to make prices and wages more flexible); and improve the coverage and quantity of social services.…”
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Policy document and brief for engagement with government and private sector in Cocoa: A case of Ghana por Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Asare, Richard, Mensah, Christian, Naponen, Martin, Saeed, Abdul Razak

“…A recent assessment of financing in the agriculture sector in Ghana based on existing financial sector laws showed that, there is currently no distinct policy to enable lending to the agricultural sector. …”
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Local social and environmental impacts of biofuels: Global comparative assessment and implications for governance por German, L., Schoneveld, George C., Pacheco, P.

“…Our analysis suggests that better governance of the sector’s impacts is not the exclusive preserve of unitary sets of actors, but instead requires concerted and coordinated efforts by governments of producer and consumer countries, investors, civil society, and the financial sector to better capture the sector’s potential while minimizing its social and environmental costs.…”
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Agricultural insurance for development: Past, present, and future por Robles, Miguel

“…Nonavailability of funds in the formal or informal financial sector or high interest rates reflecting liquidity scarcity at the beginning of the crop season can limit area planted in a year. …”
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Demand for crop insurance in developing countries: New evidence from India por Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar, Gupta, Shweta, Singh, Vartika, Ward, Patrick S.

“…Determining farmers’ real demand for crop insurance is difficult, especially in developing countries, where there is a lack of formal financial sector integration and a high reliance on informal risk mitigation options. …”
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Does financial inclusion enhance farmers' resilience to climate change? Evidence from rural Ethiopia por Negera, M., Alemu, T., Hagos, Fitsum, Haileslassie, Amare

“…Furthermore, it is essential for policymakers to initiate and implement financial sector reforms that ensure the availability of affordable and tailored financial services. …”
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Informing Costa Rica’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the coffee sector por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This close collaboration with cooperatives and mills, in addition to multipliers like the national extension services, and the regulated financial sector, will contribute to a transformation of Costa Rica’s coffee sector. …”
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Biofuel finance: global trends in biofuel finance in forest-rich countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America and implications for governance por Gelder, J.W. van, German, L.

“…Only a few banks have developed responsible investment policies specifically on biofuels. The private financial sector has not yet followed multilateral financial institutions in creating mediation procedures to address grievances of people harmed or potentially harmed by projects financed by their institutions. …”
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Building stronger networks for sustainable climate services in West Africa por Ouedraogo, Adama, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Byandaga, Livingstone, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Mbarushimana Kagabo, Desire, Laderach, Peter Roman Django

“…Regionally, priorities include establishing platforms to boost cross-border collaboration and creating strategies to engage the financial sector. This evidence shows that fixing the specific structural gaps in these organizational networks is essential for building sustainable climate service models that can effectively support West African farmers.…”
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Information asymmetry in mutual funds’ sustainability communication and its effects on sustainable development por Wahlqvist Odenman, Gunnar, Nordgren Motsanos, Filip

“…The results indicate that, although efforts are taken by the European Union to reduce information asymmetry within the financial sector through the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, information asymmetry still exists. …”
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Community perceptions of changes in rural livelihoods since onset of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Insights from Round 7 of the National COVID-19 Community Survey (NCCS) – May 2021 por Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity

“…Whereas the end of the year is traditionally a period where more remittances are received, the recent decline is likely also related to challenges in the financial sector and to reduction in domestic employment, especially in urban areas. …”
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Kontextens betydelse för CSR- och hållbarhetsarbete inom finanssektorn : en fallstudie av två svenska sparbanker por Abdoli Armaki, Shamin, Mattsson, Viktor

Sustainability is good business for agriculture por Institute of Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification

“…A farmer with high socioenvironmental performance tends to have greater financial health and, therefore, would tend to be a customer with less risk and greater ability to pay for the financial sector. 4. A management system is critical for implementing sustainability practices and for improving productivity and the efficiency of production. 5. …”
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