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Between 2003 and 2008, DMG, a trading company with some of the characteristics of a classic pyramid scheme, challenged Colombia's core financial order, indicating the emergence of an alternative economic structure in a marginal part of the country. DMG's
María Clemencia Ramírez
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African financial systems: A review
AbstractWe start by providing an overview of financial systems in the African continent. We then consider the regions of Arab North Africa, West Africa, East and Central Africa, and Southern Africa in more detail. The paper covers, among other things, central banks, deposit-taking banks, non-bank institutions, such as the stock markets, fixed income ...
Allen, Franklin+2 more
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Making tau amyloid models in vitro: a crucial and underestimated challenge
This review highlights the challenges of producing in vitro amyloid assemblies of the tau protein. We review how accurately the existing protocols mimic tau deposits found in the brain of patients affected with tauopathies. We discuss the important properties that should be considered when forming amyloids and the benchmarks that should be used to ...
Julien Broc, Clara Piersson, Yann Fichou
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The offline cash puzzle solved by a local blockchain
A major drawback in deploying central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is the offline puzzle, which requires that a CBDC must keep the liquidity provision given by cash, and, simultaneously, avoid double‐spending, cloning, and other issues.
Henrique de Carvalho Videira
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Shifting the focus of world industrial development from European countries and North America to Asia
Industry is the basis of economic development, therefore, studying the real sector allow us to assess the physical scale of the economy of individual countries and the world as a whole.
A. V. Ivanchenko
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MONEY LAUNDERING AS A TYPE OF ORGANIZED CRIME [PDF]
Laundry wash is a new form of crime that endangers stability, transparency and efficiency of financial systems, the developed countries and developing countries.
Stevan Aleksoski, Ognen Aleksoski
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Italian companies in England (13th-15th centuries)
The article examines a phase of special importance in the history of the Italian Mediaeval Companies: that of the work they started in England about the middle of the 13th century and which developed in three directions - the purchase and export of wool,
A. SAPORI
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THE IMPACT OF THE 2008 GLOBAL CRISIS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM [PDF]
ct This study examines the impact of the 2008 Global Crisis on the efficiency of the financial institutions around the world. We focus on 203 countries and examine nine efficiency measures which include net interest margin, lendingdeposit spread, non ...
HALIL D. KAYA
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Efficiency of the banking sector in Poland compared to other countries in the region
The banking system is one of the most important components of the financial systems on which modern economies are largely based. The occurrence of instability in this area may lead to serious economic problems.
Anna Filipek, Krzysztof Spirzewski
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A stepwise emergence of evolution in the RNA world
How did biological evolution emerge from chemical reactions? This perspective proposes a gradual scenario of self‐organization among RNA molecules, where catalytic feedback on random mixtures plays the central role. Short oligomers cross‐ligate, and self‐assembly enables heritable variations. An event of template‐externalization marks the transition to
Philippe Nghe
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