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Comprehensive Financial Knowledge and Information Services at the World Bank

Our mission is to provide expertise in finding crucial financial data, analysis, and contacts. We enhance the quality of financial services for client countries through extensive resources, including research, institutional memory, and relationship facilitation. Utilizing up-to-date products like Bloomberg and Bankscope, we support the Financial Sector and World Bank staff across various regions. Our services include financial sector analysis, management of subscription resources, and qualitative/quantitative country comparison work. Contact us for assistance with banking regulations, feasibility studies, or trend analysis.

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Comprehensive Financial Knowledge and Information Services at the World Bank

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  1. KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION SERVICES http://finance/html/help_desk.html

  2. WHAT IS OUR MISSION? • To be the experts on how and where to find absolutely anything related to the financial sector: data, analysis, contacts • To enhance the quality of work that the Financial Sector and other WB staff provide to client countries through a range of services including institutional memory, research & analysis, facilitating relationships & contacts, etc • To provide and use the most up-to-date products/services in order to provide accurate information/data (Bloomberg, Bankscope, etc)

  3. Internal WB Fin Sec. Staff Regional FS staff Field Offices IFC ED Offices, Sr Mgmt External IMF Ministries of Finance Central Banks MDBs NGOs/Academic/ K&IS Client Base

  4. Financial research at regional/topical level Weekly email on financial sector analysis/trends Management of subscription resources for Financial Sector Data collection/analysis FSAP & Mission support (TOR, questionnaires,research & analysis) Making sure we don’t reinvent the wheel… K&IS Services

  5. Regional Coverage

  6. Topical Coverage * Corporate sector, specialized finance , payments and settlement systems

  7. Information Resources • Subscription resources: Moody’s Investment Banks Fitch Ratings EMDB Bankscope IFC Bond Database Bloomberg Datastream ISI EIU • Bank and Fund Databases: GBLD, Bank Regulation and Supervision Database, Securities Regulation Database

  8. How K&IS Helps You • We quickly analyze information based on your specific request. • Allows you more time to allocate to other tasks, making your team/staff more efficient. • Advise on cutting edge sources, increasing quality of advice to countries

  9. Sample ECA Questions • Private sector analysis on Romanian financial sector for a pre-Board meeting for a Bank mission. • Croatian National Bank:working on a feasibility study for establishment of an local bank to serve the needs of local authorities and public enterprises in Zagreb. Included intraregional comparison. • Historical data for Central Asian countries, such as number of banks operating in the country (private/state-owned), total deposits, total loans, foreign assets, etc. • Examples of Bank’s experience with state-hold development banks. • Information on prudential regulations for banking sector in Albania, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan.

  10. FSAP/Mission Preparation • Serve both the Bank and the Fund • Help define financial issues/risks • Draft terms of reference • Fill in publicly available data on FSAP questionnaire before sending to authorities, • Background research for the team prior to mission, support team in the field • Provide qualitative/quantitative country comparison work • Coordinate info flow between Bank and Fund.

  11. Czech Republic Kazakhstan Poland Slovenia Slovak Republic Croatia Bulgaria Ghana Argentina Uruguay Mexico Korea Sri Lanka Oman Tunisia FSAP Preparation: Sample Countries

  12. How to Maximize Our Services • Alert your team/staff of our services to maximize benefits. • Send email brief announcement • Distribute fliers • Utilize our team of financial experts to augment your analytical needs/capabilities. • Visit Financial Sector website for downloadable documents, database information, etc. • Subscribe to our weekly updates http://finsec.worldbank.org/html/help_desk.html

  13. Financial Sector Website www.worldbank.org/finance • Documents, data, presentations, etc • Search Function • Projects • Calendar • Learning Program

  14. For More Information CONTACT US ANYTIME Neesham Kranz: 202 458 9774 Rolanda Shine: 202 458 4927 Dan Goldblum: 202 473 9273 financial_sector@worldbank.org fax: 202 522 3184

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