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More than a decade has passed since the global economic and financial crisis rocked the world. A clear lesson that emerged from it was the importance of identifying and addressing country-specific vulnerabilities ex ante to build resilience when a shock occurs. The 2020 global economic and...
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. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, development institutions will need to support clients in managing urban … spatial growth. An integrated approach towards land administration, land use planning, and land development - three major …-use planning, and land development? …
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Many of the world's poor people depend on natural resources for their well-being. Four-fifths of the world's poor people live in rural areas, and most rural poor people depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. The renewable natural resources on which poor people depend are increasingly...
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Disruptive and transformative technologies (DTT) have far-reaching implications for development. Traditional … development models are being disrupted by the accelerating pace of technological change and the convergence of multiple … technologies, among other things. Recognizing the implications of DTT for development, the World Bank Group adopted a new approach …
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IEG's Country Program Evaluation (CPE) covers the period FY05-13. The period spans three World Bank Group country strategies and one progress report. It also covers the last years of the Ben Ali regime and the transition to a new political dispensation following the revolution of January 2011....
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improve their lives. It pursues this mission by promoting growth through support for private sector development. Attention to … have been different perspectives of how IFC's support for private sector development is helping to tackle poverty. Yet …
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for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use … developmental impacts. The World Bank Group's strategy has sought development results in ICT by promoting (i) sector reform, (ii …) access to information infrastructure, (iii) ICT skills development, and (iv) ICT applications. Among these areas, the Bank …
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for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use … developmental impacts. The World Bank Group's strategy has sought development results in ICT by promoting (i) sector reform, (ii …) access to information infrastructure, (iii) ICT skills development, and (iv) ICT applications. Among these areas, the Bank …
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Over the past year, the response to the global financial crisis has continued to dominate development and the work of … in the solutions to global development, must adapt to these changes for greater development effectiveness. The … International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International …
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The World Bank Group's (WBG) safeguards and sustainability policies were put in place to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts of its projects on people and the environment. These goals remain critical given current environmental and social trends. Recent global experience in the financial and...
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