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Axco - Insurance Market Reports
Insurance Market Reports:
First time users must register, which is free. Axco will then send an individual username and password to your World Bank or IFC e-mail address.
MUST use your corporate email (ie: jdoe@ifc.org)

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Axco Insurance Information Services
(World Bank & IFC only) Covering 164 countries, Axco Insurance Market Reports are the product of extensive research by Axco research consultants and provide comprehensive insight into all aspects of Non-Life (P&C) and Life & Benefits insurance markets on a per-country basis. In addition, each report contains an overview of the country's economic, political, and geographic structure.
The Regulatory Alerts draw attention to major compliance developments as they are uncovered by Axco, and include both recent and proposed legislative, regulatory, supervisory, and premium taxation developments.

Updated continuously.
Axco - Insurance - Global Statistics
First time users of Axco must register, which is free. Axco will then send an individual username and password to your World Bank or IFC e-mail address.

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Axco Insurance Information Services
(World Bank & IFC only) Covering 164 countries, Axco Insurance Market Reports are the product of extensive research by Axco research consultants and provide comprehensive insight into all aspects of Non-Life (P&C) and Life & Benefits insurance markets on a per-country basis. In addition, each report contains an overview of the country's economic, political, and geographic structure.
The Regulatory Alerts draw attention to major compliance developments as they are uncovered by Axco, and include both recent and proposed legislative, regulatory, supervisory, and premium taxation developments.

Updated continuously.
EMIS
Formerly known as ISI Emerging Markets, it provides hard-to-get information covering more than 125 emerging markets in 15 languages, from 150 countries around the world. Delivers company and industry information, relevant proprietary content, reports, statistics, news, customized alerts, an advanced search engine, and analytics to help understand emerging markets more clearly.
Factiva
Search news from around the world for your topic/keywords. Create news alerts and more.
Fitch Connect
WBG staff have access to FitchRatings and FitchSolutions (formerly BMI) reports and Interactive Datatools.

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Requires registration: please send an email to jlcd@librarynetwork.org to request an account.
Already have an account? Go to http://www.fitchconnect.com
EIU - Industry Subsector - Insurance
EIU news and reports regarding insurance sectors
Factiva
Search global newspapers and newswires for desired keywords.

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Not yet registered for Factiva access? Go to http://library.worldbankimflib.org/Collections/News/factiva.htm
OECD iLibrary
Provides online access to the full-text of all OECD periodicals, monographs, annuals, outlooks, policy reviews, conference proceedings, analytical reports, guidelines, working papers, as well as the full content of OECD.Stat. Our license includes access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases. For best results, please use Google Chrome. Users have reported issues with Internet Explorer.

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CBRE Research & Reports
CBRE Research provides thoughtful, forward-looking insight into real estate trends, strategies and opportunities around the world to guide our clients in achieving distinctive and substantial performance.
Colliers
Commercial real estate market insight is the essential ingredient in all of the services Colliers International offers. We monitor and identify commercial property trends and deliver projections to help you make critical decisions for your business's future
Cushman & Wakefield
Real Estate and Retail market reports
Jones Lang LaSalle
Reports on commercial real estate markets around the world. Site may require registration, but registration is free.
Knight Frank
With over 110 years’ experience, we provide our clients with global coverage via 417 offices and over 13,000 people throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, focusing on all the prime residential and commercial property markets of the world.
World Leasing Yearbook
Print Only! Please Ask A Librarian for assistance. Most recent year held in WBG Library's Reference Collection. Ref HD9999.L436 W67 Older copies on Library shelves.
Includes brief profiles of leasing sector in selected countries.
EMIS
provides hard-to-get information covering more than 125 emerging markets in 16 languages, from 150 countries around the world. Delivers company and industry information, relevant proprietary content, reports, statistics, news, customized alerts, an advanced search engine, and analytics to help understand emerging markets more clearly.
Factiva
Search global newspapers and newswires for desired keywords.

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Not yet registered for Factiva access? Go to http://library.worldbankimflib.org/Collections/News/factiva.htm
OECD iLibrary
Provides online access to the full-text of all OECD periodicals, monographs, annuals, outlooks, policy reviews, conference proceedings, analytical reports, guidelines, working papers, as well as the full content of OECD.Stat. Our license includes access to the International Energy Agency (IEA) databases. For best results, please use Google Chrome. Users have reported issues with Internet Explorer.
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
BIS mission is to support central banks' pursuit of monetary and financial stability through international cooperation, and to act as a bank for central banks.
Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa
The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) has been operating as an independent think tank in South Africa since May 2014, pursuing its mission of making Africa’s housing finance markets work. CAHF’s work extends across the continent, and it is supported by and collaborates with a range of funders and partners.
CAHF-Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook
Global Housing Watch (IMF)
The Global Housing Watch tracks developments in housing markets across the world on a quarterly basis. It provides current data on house prices as well as metrics used to assess valuation in housing markets, such as house price‑to‑rent and house-price‑to‑income ratios.
Global Property Guide
(selected free)
monthly informed analysis on world property markets
HOFINET
A GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR HOUSING FINANCE INFORMATION
The Housing Finance Information Network (HOFINET) is a quality-assured web portal that consolidates regularly updated international housing finance knowledge in one central, easily accessible place.
Housing Development Agency (Africa)
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develop the land and project manage the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency is established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its board to the Minister of Human Settlements.
International Union for Housing Finance
is a worldwide networking organisation that enables its members to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in housing finance from around the world and to learn from each other’s experiences. The Union currently comprises 104 members covering 49 different countries.

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The World Bank is a member
National Association of Social Housing Organisations
an independent member-based association of 21 social housing institutions (SHIs) across South Africa and 2 support organisations.
"Ensure that the Social Housing sector grows and is strong and sustainable"
UNECE: Housing and Land Management
The UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management works to promote
OECD Affordable Housing Database

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