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Boosting Financial Resilience to Disaster Shocks : Good Practices and New Frontiers
World Bank Group - 2019
Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing number of countries are developing financial...
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2020 : Fighting COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
In 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI), which is designed to highlight how improvements in … dimensions to make it more relevant for countries in Europe and Central Asia. First, the extension includes quality …
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Tobacco Taxation in the Eurasian Economic Union
World Bank Group - 2018
") scenario of rapid excise growth, which is a scenario closest to the recommendations of the World Health Organization …
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Including Institutions : Boosting Resilience in Europe
World Bank Group - 2019
crises, the poorest fifth of households in both Central Europe and Southern Europe saw deeper drops in incomes and for longer …
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Response Note to COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia : Policy and Practice Recommendations
World Bank Group - 2020
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Education Team's vision is for education systems to empower all to reach their full …
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Earthquake Risk in Multifamily Residential Buildings : Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank Group - 2020
Multifamily residential buildings in earthquake-prone cities across Central Europe, Balkans, and Central Asia have … Europe and Central Asia (ECA) to better understand their behavior and potential losses when subjected to earthquakes, and to …
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PISA 2015 : Europe and Central Asia
World Bank Group - 2016
participating countries. The World Bank has performed in-depth analyses using PISA 2015 data. The analysis provides insight into … systems. This brief includes regional reports for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region and the European Union (EU). A …
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Europe and Central Asia Country Risk Profiles for Floods and Earthquakes
World Bank Group - 2016
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Country Risk Profiles for floods and earthquakes presented in this publication are …
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Cambodia Economic Update, April 2016 : Improving Macroeconomic and Financial Resilience
World Bank Group - 2016
Europe, and spillovers from a slowdown in the Chinese economy. The downward trend in poverty is expected to continue over the …
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Malaysia Economic Monitor, December 2017 : Turmoil to Transformation, 20 Years after the Asian Financial Crisis
World Bank Group - 2017
The aim of the Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM) is to foster better-informed policy analysis and debate regarding the key challenges that Malaysia faces in its endeavor to achieve rapid, inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The MEM consists of two parts: Part 1 presents a review of recent...
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