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decade. Consumers in high value markets in the EU and beyond are shifting their expenditures towards safe, healthy …, sustainable, and convenient products. Recent EU market projections further confirm ongoing shifts in consumer demand. Agri … resulted in losses generated by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector. Climate change impacts are expected to appear …
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more inclusive of all citizens. The agriculture sector, one of the five jewels in the Bhutanese economy, can play a key … goals of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB). The government has set targets in a number of policy areas where agriculture …
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As a key pillar of the Ugandan economy, the agriculture sector is a critical driver of economic growth and poverty … alleviation. Uganda's agricultural sector is dominated by smallholders with low levels of productivity. The agriculture sector is … economy, farmers' access to finance remains a major constraint. Recognizing agriculture finance's critical role in the …
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, 'Developing a Regional Risk Financing Framework for Agriculture and Food Security'. A key objective of this advisory service is to … inform the public sector in Southern Africa on improvements to agriculture and food security risk financing policies and … programs. The note is an output under component two of the project, which aims to identify agriculture risk financing policy …
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The policy note assesses Bhutan's agribusiness sector and recommends steps the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) might consider to increase the sector's growth. The analysis relies primarily on Enterprise Survey conducted in 2015, supplemented by extensive literature reviews and fieldwork....
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Mauritania, a country sparsely populated of 4.5 million people and a sustained growth of 60.4 percent in its urbanization rate, increasingly relies on enhancements in its transport connectivity among and within its urban areas to realize its economic potential and the improvement of its human...
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In the last decades, slow growth and job creation have encouraged emigration, further dampening domestic sources of growth in Nepal. Tepid growth over the past decade, the slowest in the region, has resulted in few jobs being created, leading to more Nepalese workers seeking opportunities...
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Postponement of 2012 VAT Law requires significant early adjustments in the FY18 Budget to tap additional sources of revenue and expenditure saving to increase fiscal space. Automation, process simplification, and dispute resolution may bring additional tax revenues in the immediate future. These...
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Governments around the world are designing and implementing rapid responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In this effort, they are faced with three extraordinary challenges: (1) a public health emergency to contain the virus including identifying and treating infected populations; (2)...
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The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Education Team's vision is for education systems to empower all to reach their full potential. In line with this vision, the purpose of this guidance note is to provide recommendations and policy advice for decision-makers on potential education responses to the...
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