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• 1 October 2022 Key Principles for Effective Regulation and Supervision of Credit Reporting Service Providers

  The twelve principles for Effective Regulation and Supervision of Credit Reporting Service Providers complement the 2011 Global Practices for Credit Report (GPCR) published in 2011.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): ICCR, WB Policy Area(s): Financial Regulation and Supervision

• 21 November 2021 Digital ID to Enhance Financial Inclusion: A toolkit for regulatory authorities

  Comprehensive reference on good practices for leveraging digital ID for enhancing financial inclusion.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): WB Policy Area(s): Financial Regulation and Supervision

• 1 December 2017 Good Practices for Financial Consumer Protection

  Comprehensive reference on good practices for financial consumer protection.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): WB Policy Area(s): Financial Regulation and Supervision

• 5 April 2016 Payment aspects of financial inclusion

  The guiding principles for advancing financial inclusion through payments seek to tackle barriers to the adoption and usage of transaction accounts, which sit at the heart of retail payment services.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): CPMI, WB Policy Area(s): Institutional and Market Infrastructure

• 16 November 2015 System of National Accounts

  The System of National Accounts (SNA) is the internationally agreed standard set of recommendations on how to compile measures of economic activity in accordance with strict accounting conventions based on economic principles.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): IMF, OECD, WB Policy Area(s): Macroeconomic Policy and Data Transparency Topic(s): Accounting and Auditing, Central Banking, Transparency and Disclosure

• 1 January 2015 Principles for Public Credit Guarantee Schemes for SMEs

  The Principles for Public Credit Guarantees for SMEs provide a generally accepted set of good practices, which can serve as a global reference for the design, execution, and evaluation of public credit guarantees schemes around the world.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): WB Policy Area(s): Financial Regulation and Supervision

• 1 April 2014 Guidelines for Public Debt Management

  Broad principles for public debt management that have relevance for countries with a wide range of institutional structures and at different stages of development.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): IMF, WB Policy Area(s): Institutional and Market Infrastructure Topic(s): Public Debt Management, Transparency and Disclosure

• 14 December 2011 Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users

  The Guide aims to improve the availability and international comparability of general government and public sector debt statistics, to inform policymakers, financial markets, and other users.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): BIS, Commonwealth Secretariat, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, Paris Club, UNCTAD, WB Policy Area(s): Macroeconomic Policy and Data Transparency Topic(s): Public Debt Management, Statistics

• 19 October 2011 Financial Stability Issues in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

  Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) comprise a large and diverse group whose financial systems have grown in importance over the last decade. Based on the classification of countries used by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO), 150 economies are classified as EMDEs, including 10 members of the G20.They differ substantially in terms of economic […]

  Content Type(s): Publications Source(s): IMF, WB Policy Area(s): EMDEs

• 2 September 2011 General Principles for Credit Reporting

  Credit reporting systems are a key element of countries' financial infrastructure. The General Principles (GPs) aim at strengthening credit reporting systems to effectively support the sound and fair extension of credit in an economy as the foundation for robust and competitive markets. To this end, the GPs promote safe and efficient credit reporting systems.

  Content Type(s): Compendium Source(s): WB Policy Area(s): Institutional and Market Infrastructure Topic(s): Cooperation among Authorities, Legal Framework, Prudential Supervision and Oversight, Risk Management