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in the World Trade Organization in 2000, and a free-trade agreement with the USA in 2001. Jordan has achieved progress in … volatility and adverse regional neighborhood effects; 2) slow response of private investment, both in its level and in terms of …
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, prepared jointly by the staff of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, provides a development perspective on the …
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The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the … women around the world still continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages, much has changed for the better and at a …
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The past 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world - many of them for the better. Across the … improved living standards and scientific and cultural sharing across nations. As the world changes, a host of opportunities … and endanger the social and economic reforms that produced these gains. The World Development Report 2014 (WDR 2014), Risk …
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The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank …
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is also an important year to work toward a consensus on how the world is going to respond … action is needed to help the world get back on track to achieve the MDGs; and urgent action is also needed to combat climate …
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The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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countries are off track to meet the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in Africa and South Asia, but new evidence is …
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The year 2005 marks an important juncture for development as the international community takes stock of implementation of the Millennium Declaration-signed by 189 countries in 2000-and discusses how progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be accelerated. The MDGs set clear...
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