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World Bank - 2012

Smoking harms the health of smokers and those around them. Smokers are at far higher risks of strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases; cancers of the lungs, mouth, larynx, bladder, pancreas, kidneys and stomach; emphysema, bronchitis, and tuberculosis. These diseases cause...

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Lao PDR - Labor Standards and Productivity in the Garments Export Sector : A Survey of Managers and Workers

World Bank - 2012

management practices, working conditions and worker motivation, as well as industry technology and workflow practices, are drawn … management practices, working conditions and worker motivation, as well as industry technology and workflow practices. In order …

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Criteria for the evaluation of climate protection scenarios : substudy report

Duwe, Matthias; Evans, Nick; Voß, Philipp; Wachsmuth, Jakob - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

Climate protection scenarios are a key part of long-term climate policy planning, which has been given a further boost by the Paris Agreement. The modelling performed in such scenarios informs the development of 2050 national climate strategies—which themselves serve as roadmaps for the...

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International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue : Proceedings Including the Charter of Good Practice in Using Public-Private Dialogue for Private Sector Development

World Bank - 2012

There has been growing interest from stakeholders around the world in recent years in how to build momentum for private … field for guidance based on international best practice. In 2004-2005, responding to this demand, the World Bank, Department …

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The European Commission’s 2050 Vision “A clean planet for all” – implications for sector strategies and climate governance : final report

Wachsmuth, Jakob; Duscha, Vicki; Eckstein, Johannes; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2022

In November 2018, the European Commission published its Strategic Long-Term Vision entitled “A Clean Planet for all” calling for the target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This proposal was subsequently agreed upon by EU heads of state and government, it features centrally in...

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Support to the development of ambitious climate change scenarios in Europe : final report

Duwe, Matthias; Evans, Nick; Duscha, Vicki; Wachsmuth, Jakob - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

A long-term vision for climate protection is essential for triggering the actions and policies needed to bring about economy-wide decarbonisation. The scientific basis for long-term climate planning comes in the form of so-called climate protection scenarios. These studies model emission...

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Advancing multilateral cooperation on climate action : ideas for new initiatives across four policy areas and how to use existing international venues as stepping stones : final re...

Haase, Isabel; Duwe, Matthias; Böttcher, Hannes; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

Multilateral cooperation initiatives (or “climate clubs”) can generate some of the additional action that is needed to achieve the goals agreed in the Paris Agreement. An analysis of the state of collaboration in the four policy areas energy transition, synthetic fuels, food systems and...

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Options under international law to increase resource efficiency : final report

Bodle, Ralph; Sina, Stephan; Donat, Lena; Bach, Inga - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

Based on a stocktake of existing governance, we present options to improve international governance of resource efficiency (RE) in the short, medium and long term. The study provides a legal and political science perspective to anchoring RE more strongly at the international level. We assess how...

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Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation

World Bank - 2013

This paper was based on a desk review of the literature relating to best practice in public policy supporting business incubation, supplemented by four national case studies covering Brazil, Ma-laysia, New Zealand and South Africa. These country studies were prepared through engage-ment of...

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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Child Marriage

World Bank - 2023

Education Global Practice at the World Bank on the role of law to end child marriage. The discussions took place within the … context of a global study being conducted by the World Bank and the International Center for Research on Women on the economic … World Bank decided to update and upgrade the first edition of the Compendium. The EWBL aims to advance gender equality …

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