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Blended Finance
Flammer, Caroline; Giroux, Thomas; Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Blended finance---the use of public and philanthropic funding to crowd in private capital---is a potential way to finance a more sustainable world. While blended finance holds the promise of being catalytic in mobilizing vast amounts of private capital, little is known about this practice. In...
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Spatial Structural Change
Eckert, Fabian; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Between 1880 and 1920, the US agricultural employment share fell from 50% to 25%. However, despite aggregate demand shifting away from their sector of specialization, rural labor markets saw faster wage growth and industrialization than non-agricultural parts of the US. We propose a spatial...
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Change and continuity at the World Bank : reforming paradoxes of economic development
Hammer, Peter J. - 2013
1. The World Bank and Wolfensohn era reforms -- 2. The ABCs of the World Bank -- 3. A framework for modeling Bank behavior -- 4. The dynamics of epistemic economic change -- 5. Application to debt relief, participation and knowledge -- 6. Application to social capital -- 7. Application to...
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Zimbabwe Public Expenditure Review with a Focus on Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2019
This report examines agricultural spending in Zimbabwe. This public expenditure review (PER) is the sixth in a series …-cutting issues. The PERs are intended to support the Government of Zimbabwe in improving its fiscal management. Agriculture plays a … critical role in Zimbabwe's economy. About two thirds of Zimbabweans work in agriculture and many Zimbabweans, directly or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646541
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Zimbabwe Climate Smart Agriculture Investment Plan
World Bank Group - 2019
This report presents a climate smart investment plan (CSAIP) for Zimbabwe's agricultural sector. The agricultural … population and contributing 15 to 20 percent to gross domestic product (GDP). In response, the Government of Zimbabwe, with the … objectives across Zimbabwe's existing agricultural policies and climate change strategies, which will contribute to the …
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Zimbabwe : Agriculture Sector Disaster Risk Assessment
World Bank Group - 2019
This report presents an assessment of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector disaster risk and management capacity. The findings … indicate that Zimbabwe is highly exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to manage risk at various levels. The … report shows that disaster-related shocks along Zimbabwe's agricultural supply chains directly translate to volatility in …
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Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa : Building a Ramp for Farmers' Financial Inclusion and Participation in a Digital Economy
World Bank Group - 2020
This report aims to present the rationale for digitization of agribusiness payments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), assess the current status of digitization using demand and supply-side data, and identify key actions that can help accelerate digitization. The report draws on an analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647522
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Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa : Building a Ramp for Farmers' Financial Inclusion and Participation in a Digital Economy
World Bank Group - 2020
This report aims to present the rationale for digitization of agribusiness payments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), assess the current status of digitization using demand and supply-side data, and identify key actions that can help accelerate digitization. The report draws on an analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647589