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In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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Habitat II, the second United Nations conference on human settlements, also known as the "City Summit," concluded its work on June 14, 1996, in Istanbul. Habitat II indelibly marked the increasingly urban nature of the world and the urgency, extent, and increasing size of problems facing people...
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affected by the novel coronavirus, Kenya's economy had decelerated. The World Bank estimates that GDP growth in 2019 was about …
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and examines options for expenditure rationalization to help return Kenya's fiscal accounts to a prudent trajectory in the … controls in Kenya. It complements an ongoing governance for enabling service delivery and public investments in Kenya (GESDeK … while chapter three presents options for expenditure rationalization in Kenya. Chapter four ties it all together with fiscal …
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in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices …
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International policies to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) envisage the creation of financial incentive mechanisms that reward forest protection efforts and adequately compensate those actors that face new costs. In order for REDD+ to achieve these objectives,...
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In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later, a headline in the Guardian reported that this treatment, deworming, had been "debunked."...
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Women have experienced significant changes in various spheres of their lives during the last decades as Bangladesh made … economic progress. Yet women's economic engagement and empowerment are subdued, as they cannot make sufficient choices for … examining women's participation in the labour force, ownership and control of household assets, use and control of financial …
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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women … policy on both women and men and to develop appropriate, evidence-based policies to ensure that trade helps to enhance … connections among the economic roles that women play as workers, consumers, and decision makers. Building on new analyses and new …
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