This paper argues that governments and regulators, supported by financial institutions and multilateral development banks (MDBs), hold the key to mobilizing private finance at the scale needed to transform the way we build, produce, and consume in order to protect nature while fostering...

chapter 1 Equality -- chapter 2 European perspectives -- chapter 3 The Equality Act 2010 -- chapter 4 Age and ageism -- chapter 5 Disability -- chapter 6 Pregnancy and maternity -- chapter 7 Race, colour, ethnicity and migrant workers -- chapter 8 Religion or belief -- chapter 9 Sex equality --...

part Section I: The Philosophy of Experimentation -- chapter 1 Why Design Experiments? -- chapter 2 Organizing the Experiment -- chapter 3 The Neglected Response Variable -- part Section II Statistical Experimental Design -- chapter 4 The Factorial Two-Level Design and General Factorial Designs...

This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...

This study discusses options how to increase the Dominican Republic tax revenue and attempts to identify priority areas for efficiency-enhancing reforms. A 2016 World Bank report on Dominican fiscal policy found that the country's tax expenditures were poorly targeted and regressively...

The aim of this publication is to provide an international framework (the "Framework") with the minimum requirements and performance expectations as to how an industrial park can become an Eco-Industrial Park (EIP). It summarizes the key areas in which the three international organizations that...

A competitive city is a city that successfully facilitates its firms and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared...