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At their 2005 Spring meetings, the Development Committee and IMFC called on the Bank and Fund to work with others to develop more detailed proposals, for consideration at the Annual Meetings, to help developing countries adjust to and take advantage of the Doha Round. In response, Bank and Fund...
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The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank … Development. This year's report details, for the first time, progress toward the WBG's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by …
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Updates the Board on progress in the WTO negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda in the run-up to the Hong Kong SAR Ministerial in December, and presents proposals on aid for trade to be submitted to the Development Committee and International Monetary and Finance Committee in September...
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This paper summarizes recent developments in the Doha Round negotiations, and aid for trade. As requested by the Development Committee last September, it reviews existing mechanisms for cross-country and regional aid for trade needs. It proposes possible options to overcome the coordination and...
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: Favorable growth has helped reduce poverty, but more even and accelerated progress requires strengthening of infrastructure and …
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crucial year to build momentum. The MDGs set clear targets for eradicating poverty and related human deprivations, and for …
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targets for eradicating poverty and other sources of human deprivation. Following other major international meetings came …
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What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? How many people will the crisis prevent from escaping poverty … lower completion rates in later years. And household incomes that fall far below the poverty line will delay escapes from … poverty. This report uses indirect evidence to assess the impact of the crisis on several indicators, including the number of …
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call to action to step up development efforts. The U.K. prime minister spoke of a 'global poverty emergency.' These …
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