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Pakistan at 100 : Environmental Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
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Managing Pollution for Poverty Reduction and Green Development
World Bank Group - 2010
The World Bank Group (WBG) has been active in public and private sector pollution management for the past several … improved the management of solid and hazardous waste and wastewater, and controlled pollution related to a large variety of … growth, and green development require that pollution management be addressed within a new context …
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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
Melaka State, situated roughly halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka's heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) strategically located along the Strait...
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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Supporting Report 6 - Demonstrating Fiscal Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
Capital investment is essential for achieving sustainable cities. Melaka State's long-term sustainability can be improved through well-planned investments in various projects, such as the development of ports and rail connections, a robust public transportation network, and adequate flood...
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Moving Forward : Connectivity and Logistics to Sustain Bangladesh's Success
World Bank Group - 2019
Bangladesh has been successful on many counts. The economy grew six percent a year between 2000 and 2017, and the poverty rate fell by more than half. All sectors experienced growth, but the contribution of agriculture to gross domestic product (GDP) declined, as Bangladesh became an important...
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Montenegro Public Finance Synthesis Report : Restoring Sustainability and Strengthening Efficiency of Public Finance
World Bank Group - 2019
Benefiting from successful economic transformation after independence and the start of EU accession negotiations, economic activity in Montenegro has been solid, supporting the rise in incomes their convergence with the ones in the European Union. Inflation has been modest and kept in check....
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Creating Markets in Ethiopia : Sustaining Progress Towards Industrialization
World Bank Group - 2019
Ethiopia has made impressive strides along its developmental path. Job creation is now the critical development challenge, raising the importance of the private sector agenda. After more than a decade of sustained public sector-led growth, the government is revising its growth strategy to allow...
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A Sure Path to Sustainable SolarVers une energie solaire durable : Guide pour le deploiement du solaire; Solar Deployment Guidelines
World Bank Group - 2019
Achieving global goals for access to energy and mitigation of climate change will require a quadrupling of present levels of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation in the developing world by 2025 to reach around 950 gigawatt (GW)1. This represents an investment of more than US
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Retaking the Path to Inclusion, Growth and Sustainability : Brazil Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2016
Bleak short-term economic outlook raises the risk that social and environmental achievements may not be sustained. The changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve a sustainable fiscal policy. Against this...
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Montenegro Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Amidst High Volatility : Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2016
This Systematic County Diagnostics is organized into six parts. The first part presents a brief overview of the country's recent socio-political and economic context. The second part examines the links between poverty, income distribution and economic growth, through the labor market, against...
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