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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as … stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low … productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is …

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Prosperity for All Saotomeans : Priorities to End Poverty, Promote Growth, and Build Resilience in Sao Tome and Principe

World Bank Group - 2021

Sao Tome and Principe (STP), a small island nation of 215,000 people in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Central Africa, is in many ways a country of great untapped wealth. One of Africa's least known countries, its striking volcanic landscape is home to virgin rainforests with rich...

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Unlocking Egypt's Potential for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth : Eqypt Systematic Country Diagnostic Update

World Bank Group - 2021

Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) analyze the most critical constraints and opportunities to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened since then, so this SCD Update takes advantage of a...

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Pathways to Sustainable Growth in Niger : A World Bank Group Country Economic Memorandum

World Bank Group - 2022

This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following five questions, each of which constitutes a separate chapter: (i) what were the salient structural...

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Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges

World Bank Group - 2020

a decade of disappointing outcomes. A steep and widespread productivity growth slowdown has been underway in these … implement measures to rebuild macroeconomic policy space and to undertake reforms to rekindle productivity growth. These efforts …

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The Republic of Congo Systematic Country Diagnostic : Policy Priorities for Ending Extreme Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity in a Non-Diversified and Fragile Country

World Bank Group - 2018

One of the key objectives of this first SCD of the Republic of Congo is to serve as an essential input to the Country Partnership Framework. The SCD is not intended to carry out substantial new analytical work, but rather to draw upon and synthesize the existing evidence. A substantial amount of...

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Sierra Leone Economic Update, June 2019 : Financial Inclusion for Economic Growth and Development

World Bank Group - 2019

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The economics of tourism and sustainable development

Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005

1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...

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Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction

World Bank Group - 2015

investment and higher productivity. Chapter four makes a case for rebalancing the path of inclusive growth, and presents three … productivity and a lower environmental footprint, and reducing gaps and disparities in access to opportunities. The discussion of …

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