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Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition - 2019
The potentially adverse impact of carbon pricing on the competitiveness of businesses and economies has been a matter of concern to industry and policymakers. It has also been a barrier to progress on carbon pricing. The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition launched the High-Level Commission on...
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Measuring the statistical capacity of nations
Cameron, Grant J.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Mustafa, Dinc; … - 2019
internationally comparable data. This paper reviews measurement methodologies, posits desired attributes, and presents theoretical and …
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Global Poverty Goals and Prices : How Purchasing Power Parity Matters
Jolliffe, Dean - 2015
With the recent release of the 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) data from the International Comparison Program (ICP …
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Enhancing Competition Conditions and Competitiveness of Philippine Domestic Shipping
World Bank Group - 2014
enhance competition in the delivery of domestic shipping services, this assessment has therefore focused particularly on …
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Gaining Momentum in Peruvian Agriculture : Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Enhance Competitiveness
World Bank Group - 2017
What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru's agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy has grown and urbanized. Economic activity in the sector has continued to grow, but economic...
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Russia : Policies for Agri-Food Sector Competitiveness and Investment
World Bank Group - 2017
Despite advances in agricultural production, TFP, and trade balances, Russia continues to lag behind many comparator countries in measures of crop and livestock productivity. This report has aimed to provide a vehicle for dialogue with government on agri-food sector collaboration to address this...
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Cameroon City Competitiveness Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2018
The purpose of this report is to help policymakers improve economic development and job creation in Cameroon's cities. The report is part of the World Bank's Technical Assistance project on Enhancing Economic Performance of African Cities, supporting clients in the Ministry of Economy, Planning...
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Fostering Competition in the Philippines : The Challenge of Restrictive Regulations
World Bank Group - 2018
The objective of this report is to identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in key sectors and the … economy as a whole and use them to design an effective competition policy for the Philippines. The report builds on Product … Market Regulation (PMR) indicators and the WBG's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool (MCPAT) applied to the …
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Promoting Competition and Creating Contestable Markets in Armenia
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note has been produced under the competition reform assessment ASA with the objective of identifying key … constraints to competition in Armenia and providing recommendations on a set of actionable reforms that could help foster market … contestability and competition in key sectors and across the economy. In particular, the policy note seeks to identify a menu of …
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Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
World Bank Group - 2019
Ecuador faces the challenge of consolidating the social gains achieved during the last decade while addressing the excesses committed the commodity boom period, when the state was the main drive of economic growth and the private sector remained subdue. This policy note diagnoses the nature of...
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