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Mongolia - Towards a High Performing Civil Service : Reform Progress and Challenges

World Bank Group - 2020

This report reviews Mongolia's civil service in the ten years since the World Bank's (WB) 2009 civil service assessment. An important milestone was the passing of a new Civil Service Law (CSL) in late 2017, by the State Great Hural, which became effective January 1, 2019. This report reviews...

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Ukraine COVID-19 Purchasing : Building Resilience while Reinforcing Reforms

World Bank Group - 2022

Ukraine provides an illuminating example of a health system that has responded to a health shock in a way that both builds health system resilience and advances health system reforms. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Ukraine in early 2020, a set of major health financing and provider...

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Global Economic Prospects, June 2021

World Bank Group - 2021

The world economy is experiencing a very strong but uneven recovery, with many emerging market and developing economies facing obstacles to vaccination. The global outlook remains uncertain, with major risks around the path of the pandemic and the possibility of financial stress amid large debt...

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Global Economic Prospects, January 2022

World Bank Group - 2022

The global recovery is set to decelerate amid diminished policy support, continued COVID-19 flare-ups, and lingering supply bottlenecks. In contrast to that in advanced economies, output in emerging market and developing economies will remain markedly below pre-pandemic trends over the forecast...

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Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators : Methodology, Insights, and Applications

World Bank Group - 2021

What is the appropriate level of employment in the public sector as a whole and for essential workers like public administrators, teachers, and doctors? Is the public sector wage bill affordable? Does the public sector pay competitive wages compared to the private sector to attract talent while...

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

World Bank Group - 2020

Global growth is projected to be slightly faster in 2020 than the post-crisis low registered last year. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks to the outlook is to the downside. Growth in emerging market and...

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Promoting Competition in Local Markets in Mexico : A Subnational Application of the World Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool

World Bank Group - 2018

increase the cost of doing business. The World Bank Group (WBG) was requested to address a critical gap and to pilot a reform …-oriented engagement on competition policy at the subnational level. WBG engaged to motivate an actionable reform plan that can unlock … assessment tool (MCPAT) application to various subnational governments in Mexico and the initial reform experience. It draws on …

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Benin - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

Benin remains at moderate risk of external debt distress. The rating is unchanged from the previous November 2018 DSA. All the projected external debt burden indicators remain below their thresholds under the baseline, but the ratio of the present value (PV) of external debt to exports exceeds...

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Grenada - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

With some 19 million US Dollars (1.6 percent of GDP) in unresolved arrears to official bilateral creditors, Grenada remains in external public debt distress. However, debt appears sustainable reflecting favorable projected debt dynamics from substantial fiscal surpluses that are supported by the...

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Rwanda- Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

An updated joint assessment of Rwanda's debt sustainability suggests continued low risk of external debt distress. External debt burden indicators remain below risk thresholds, except for a short and temporary breach of debt service indicators in 2023, when the Eurobond issued in 2013 matures....

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