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The Banking & Insurance sector – often referred to as the lifeblood of the real economy – is of vital importance in the modern credit-driven economic growth model. Among its functions are intermediation between savers and borrowers, ensuring funds are allocated efficiently; support of payment and settlement systems that facilitate trade and international economic relations; and provision of various products that mitigate risk and uncertainty. The accelerating pace of technological change, stricter regulation and shifting consumer habits are reshaping the traditional banking model and pushing the sector towards innovation-led growth.
Activities associated with Banking & Insurance are depositary and non-depositary credit intermediation and related activities, investment banking, securities brokerage, commodity contracts dealing and diverse financial investment activities. The sector also includes insurers, re-insurers and insurance brokerages, pension funds, health and welfare funds, monetary authorities, stock exchanges, and collection and credit agencies.
In 2016, Mexico was the largest producer of direct reduced iron and long steel in Latin America with shares of 78.1% and 34.5% in regional output, respectively. The country was also the second biggest manufacturer of flat steel in Latin America. ...
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Agriculture is one of the main pillars of the Colombian economy, accounting for 6.2% of the country’s GDP, 14.4% of national exports, 1.1% of total FDI inflow and 16.8% of the overall employment in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, the gross value ...
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Agriculture generates slightly over 2% of Poland’s GDP and provides employment for a sixth of the workforce. The gross value added (GVA) of the Polish agricultural sector totalled PLN 41.59bn in 2016, edging up 0.2% from 2015. The sector ...
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The Indian mining sector’s GVA accounted for some 3.8% of GDP in FY2016, as against 4.5% in the previous year. A number of mining commodities, such as crude oil, coal and iron ore, are not only domestically produced but also imported, which ...
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Turkey is agriculturally self-sufficient with a climate suitable for farming and an export-oriented economy which represents a stable base for the development of the food processing and beverage industry. Food and beverage spending is the ...
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The value added of Argentina’s transport sector increased at a meagre CAGR of 0.6% over 2010-2015. Both passenger and cargo transport registered a poor performance in the period, with the passenger segment declining by an average of 1% per year ...
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The food and beverage industry is the largest sector of Brazilian manufacturing, accounting for more than a quarter of its value added and about 3% of the country’s GDP in 2016, according to the Brazilian Association of Food Industries (ABIA). ...
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The gross value added (GVA) of South Korea’s construction sector accounted for 1.4% of the world construction GVA in 2015, and for 3.2% of that of the Asia-Pacific region’s construction industry. In 2015, the sector generated 5.1% of ...
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The Malaysian healthcare and pharmaceuticals sector has been growing strongly as a result of factors including one of the highest population growth rates in the ASEAN region, increasing affluence, and growing access to healthcare funding. In ...
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Romania’s oil and gas sector is one of the oldest in the world and ever since it took the first steps toward liberalisation, the industry has progressed substantially in terms of competition and infrastructure network. However, it failed to ...
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