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World Development Report 2019 : The Changing Nature of Work

World Bank - 2018

predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of … advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the … social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence …

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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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Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives : Developments and Prospects 2013

World Bank - 2013

The Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives Report maps existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world …

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Poland - Mazowieckie Public Expenditure Review Local Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

World Bank - 2012

This report examines the fiscal prospects of major units of sub-national government in the voivodship (province) of Mazowieckie and proposes a series of reforms in recurrent spending and capital investment planning. Mazowieckie, the seat of Warsaw, is the heart of the Polish economy. While...

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Regulatory Review of Offshore Wind in Five European Countries

World Bank - 2012

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...

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Armenia : Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for Poverty

World Bank - 2012

The global economic crisis seriously threatens the economic growth and poverty reduction that Armenia achieved in recent years. The most recent data indicate that the economy is now shrinking, with prospects worsening in 2009 and 2010 when the full impact of the crisis is expected to unfold....

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Bulgaria - Poverty implications of the global financial crisis

World Bank - 2012

There are visible signs that the global financial crisis is affecting economic growth and poverty reduction in Bulgaria. After a period of strong economic growth through 2008, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009 is projected to shrink by 3.5 percent due to the crisis, with important...

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Finance for Growth : Policy Choices in a Volatile World

World Bank - 2013

The overall impact of financial globalization on the domestic financial sector is profound. Liberalization of capital flows has effectively made domestic financial repression obsolete. The consequences have not been uniformly favorable. Following liberalization, domestic interest rates in...

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Global Economic Prospects 2010 : Crisis, Finance, and Growth

World Bank - 2012

The world economy is emerging from the throes of a historically deep and synchronized recession provoked by the …

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Entrepreneurship Snapshots 2010 : Measuring the Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Business Registration

World Bank - 2012

New businesses are likely to have been even more severely affected by the crisis than mature businesses, even in non crisis times, new and young firms tend to be more constrained than older firms which often have established reputations and enjoy easier access to finance. Given the sudden...

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