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Repuplic of Liberia From Growth to Development : Priorities for Sustainably Reducing Poverty and Achieving Middle-Income Status by 2030

World Bank Group - 2018

peaceful and inclusive politics, stable institutions, economic diversification, and accelerated human capital formation. The … service sectors, investing in human capital, improving the quality of governance, and strengthening public institutions. In …

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Bhutan Development Report, January 2019 : A Path to Inclusive and Sustainable Development

World Bank Group - 2019

Bhutan has a strong track record of reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, primarilysupported by the state, which has played a large role in the country's development accomplishments.Growth has been driven mainly by the public sector through hydropower development. Statedominance is...

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Bangladesh Development Update, April 2019 : Towards Regulatory Predictability

World Bank Group - 2019

Bangladesh has maintained its robust growth performance. Exports and remittances have been buoyant. Agriculture had bumper harvests. Overall inflation has slowed as decelerating food inflation offset a pickup in non-food inflation. Monetary expansion has been short of target as private sector...

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Twenty Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development

International Finance Corporation - 2017

The focus of this paper is on sustainable tourism's wider benefits, it is important to acknowledge that there are tradeoffs involved. Like other economic activities, tourism both gives and takes from communities and travelers. When it is poorly planned, tourism can negatively impact cities,...

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Institutions for Regulatory Governance

World Bank (contributor); … - International Finance Corporation - 2010

This paper looks at the role and design of regulatory reform institutions in developing countries. These institutions … and by promoting the regulatory reform agenda; and 4) Ad hoc institutions for regulatory reform, established to launch …: section one briefly reviews the theoretical debate and literature about the role of institutions in facilitating higher …

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Sustainable Urban Transport for Kyiv : Towards a Sustainable and Competitive City Built Upon the Legacy System and Innovations

World Bank Group - 2016

This report presents the scope and findings of the Economic Sector Work on Sustainable Urban Transport for the City of Kyiv, financed jointly by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). The analysis consists of a rigorous...

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Actionable Regulatory Governance Indicators for UE Regions

World Bank Group - 2018

, gains from one-off initiatives aimed at cutting costs and procedures are often reversed if the responsible institutions …

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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto

World Bank Group - 2018

The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development, accelerate social integration, and alleviate...

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Chongqing 2035 : A Green and Low-Carbon Growth Strategy to Decouple Economic Growth from Resource Use

World Bank Group - 2019

Chongqing is at a crossroads where its GDP per capita will reach a level at which cities typically decouple economic growth from energy and resource use, as well as associated carbon emissions and pollution. However, decoupling does not happen automatically. It requires cities to adopt green...

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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis : A Road towards Sustainability, Peace, and Prosperity -- Synthesis Report

World Bank Group - 2019

Myanmar is rich in natural resources and is a global biodiversity hotspot. Myanmar's forests and fishing industry are two significant contributors to the economy, and yet these sectors are also potentially under threat from over exploitation and mismanagement. The management of solid waste, air...

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