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Guide / Toolkit

Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap

This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.

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Rokin Banks’ Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Japan

This brief shares details on what special measures Rokin Banks have introduced in response to the pandemic.

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Joint Liability Borrowing and Suicide

This paper examines the consequences of repayment failure in case of joint liability borrowing
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Guaranty: Where Private Ordering Meets the Legal System

When can joint liability system achieve efficiency?
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Microfinance Institutions in Central Asia: Benchmarks and Analysis 2005

Impact that policy has had on the development of microfinance sector in the Central Asian republics
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The Role of Credit Scoring in Small Business Lending

Credit Scoring: Inferences from survey in United States and Japan
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Developing and Testing Poverty Assessment Tools: Results From Accuracy Tests in Kazakhstan

Have poverty assessment tools been successful in estimating the poverty in Kazakhstan?
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Kazakhstan's Microfinance Law: Opportunities and Future Challenges

The essay elaborates on two regulations in Kazakhstan, relating to MFI's strategic planning
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Down-Scaling Commercial Banks into MFIs: A Case Study from Kazakhstan

Leveraging pre-existing infrastructures in commercial banking to tackle poverty through microfinance