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Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Global growth is projected to be slightly faster in 2020 than the post-crisis low registered last year. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks to the outlook is to the downside. Growth in emerging market and...
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Investing in Urban Resilience : Protecting and Promoting Development in a Changing World
World Bank Group - 2016
overcome these gaps, the World Bank Group and other multilateral development institutions can play a critical role in enabling …
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2017 Survey of National Development Banks
World Bank Group - 2018
collaboration with the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions. Sixty-four development banks from different parts of …
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Innovation for development and the role of government : a perspective from the East Asia and Pacific region
Fan, Qimiao (contributor) - Innovation for Development Forum <Shanghai, China)> - 2009
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The Lao Trade Story : Implementing Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reforms in Lao PDR
World Bank Group - 2016
In 2015, Lao PDR is virtually unrecognizable from what it was just a decade ago. A more open, more outward trade landscape has transformed the country from a closed-off backwater into a fast-growing developing country, complete with coffee shops, restaurants, and billboards lining the streets of...
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Identification for Development : Kenya
World Bank Group - 2016
Identification schemes are key enablers for the effective delivery of services and more broadly for the quality of engagement between a country's government and its citizens. Legal identity is now recognized as an essential element of development; target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals...
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Pakistan Development Update, April 2016 : From Stability to Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2016
South Asia emerged as the fastest growing region in the world in 2015, posting GDP growth of 7 percent. Weak oil and commodity prices, slowing capital flows and shrinking global trade contributed towards a deceleration of growth in most of the world's economies. South Asia - as a net importer of...
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The Solomon Islands Early Childhood Development : SABER and NSA-ECD Country Report 2013
World Bank Group - 2013
This report presents an analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) subsector, including programs and policies that affect young children in the Solomon Islands. This was a collaborative effort between UNICEF and World Bank Group, as it combines World Bank Group's SABER-ECD framework,...
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Public-Private Dialogue in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Experiences and Lessons Learned
World Bank Group - 2014
Public-private dialogue (PPD) is highly necessary in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) to fill the gap … resulting from the lack of legitimate institutions, to help create transparency and trust among stakeholders, and to identify … and conflict-mitigating results are difficult to capture. However, the stakeholders that benefit from the results highly …
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The Telecommunication Sector in the Palestinian Territories : A Missed Opportunity for Economic Development
World Bank Group - 2016
The Telecommunications Sector Assessment Note in the Palestinian territories is a knowledge product prepared by the World Bank in response to a specific request from the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTIT) to assess the performance of the...
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