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           <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 20px;">Este reporte promueve los beneficios de contar con un sólido régimen de protección al consumidor financiero y un cliente financiero satisfecho, por medio de un análisis de los factores críticos para la protección del usuario financiero. Este estudio revisa los principios de protección y las legislaciones vigentes en los países miembros de ASBA, con el propósito de destacar las acciones prácticas de países que han implementado regímenes de protección. El lector encontrará recomendaciones sobre regulación, supervisión y arreglos institucionales. Esta propuesta atiende a mejores prácticas que se abordan en las distintas etapas de lo que se ha denominado la "cadena de valor para la protección del cliente financiero", planteando medidas concretas que pueden generar cambios sustanciales en la relación cliente-institución.</span></p>]]></description>
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           <title>Financial Inclusion</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 20px;">As part of its Global Policy Initiative, CGAP partnered with the Superintendence of Banks, Insurance and AFPs of Peru in late 2008, with the purpose of enhancing the understanding of the issues and trends in consumer relations when financial services are delivered through branchless banking, particularly through agents, which are used in ever increasing scale in Peru. The product was this joint report.</span></p>]]></description>
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           <title>La proteccióin del consumidor: cómo crear igualdad de oportunidades en la inclusión financiera</title>
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