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The Stabilization and Association Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union : Impacts of the Adaptation Protocol on the Agriculture and Food Sector

World Bank Group - 2017

The objective of this note is to provide insights into the potential effect of the adaptation protocol (AP) on imports of European Union (EU) agricultural, food and fisheries products into Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We adapt and calibrate the Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool (TRIST), a...

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A Landscape Review of ICT for Disability-inclusive Education

World Bank Group - 2022

Information and communication technology (ICT) tools can have a catalytic effect in advancing both educational access and learning outcomes for children with disabilities. Despite tremendous potential, a gap exists between technology advancements and their large-scale application in educating...

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The Impacts of the El Nino and La Nina on Large Grain Producing Countries in ECA : Yield, Poverty and Policy Response

World Bank Group - 2018

predictive and diagnostic capabilities that can be coupled with climate-smart agriculture to improve resilience to El Nino and La …

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Testing the Resilience of the Turkish Cypriot Economy : A Macroeconomic Monitoring Note - Special Issue: Enhancing Competitiveness and Promoting Economic Integration

World Bank Group - 2023

The Turkish Cypriot economy (TCe) has struggled to recover since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. With a contraction of 16.2 percent in GDP in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, the TCe experienced the most severe recession in its history, and the most severe...

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Squaring the Circle : Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition

World Bank Group - 2022

This report reviews Europe's experience in spearheading CE policy. Its aim is not only to highlight its features and accomplishments, but also identify existing barriers to future progress and key measures to overcome them. Its objective is dual: contributing to CE policy development within the...

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Accelerating Paraguay's International Integration through Enhanced Trade, Investment and Competition Policies

World Bank Group - 2022

This report seeks to inform the policy dialogue on how to accelerate Paraguay's international economic integration and in turn its medium- and long-term growth prospects. It benchmarks Paraguay's global integration; analyzes trade, investment and competition policies and the quality of related...

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Water Supply and Sanitation Policies, Institutions, and Regulation : Adapting to a Changing World - Synthesis Report

World Bank Group - 2022

Policies, institutions, and regulation (PIR) are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to water and sanitation, but need a considerable boost to be effective. A rich body of analytical work has been developed to support this idea. Nevertheless, this report...

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Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Electricity Grids : Context and Good Practices for Transmission and Distribution System Operators

World Bank Group - 2022

Cyberattacks against industrial control systems (ICS) are on the rise. Roughly one-third of ICS were targeted by malicious activity in the first half of 2021, with hackers often tied to nation-states and organized crime. Electric utilities around the world have been undergoing a transformative...

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Agriculture, Water, and Land Policies to Scale Up Sustainable Agrifood Systems in Georgia : Synthesis Report and Way Forward

World Bank Group - 2022

contribution of the agriculture sector to the country's economic growth and diversification, employment creation, poverty reduction …, however, requires an integrated set of multi-sectoral policies. Synergistic public and private investments in agriculture …, water, and land can lead to increased production and productivity by transitioning from low returns from agriculture to high …

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Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia's Agriculture Sector

World Bank Group - 2019

country. Zambia's agriculture sector faces challenges and is likely to grow more vulnerable as a result of climate change and … risk. At the same time, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and agriculture sector account for approximately … change concerns into its agriculture policy agenda. Under its Zambia climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategy framework, the …

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