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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Investments in the Electric Power Sector : The Experience of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh - Final Report
World Bank - 2012
The three large South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), which are the focus of this report, have drawn …
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Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries
World Bank - 2012
This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
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South Asia Macro Poverty Outlook
World Bank - 2023
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the South Asia region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross domestic...
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Trade and employment policies for industrial development
Marsden, Keith (contributor) - 1982
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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in Nepal
Lokshin, Michael - 2008
"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that...
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Policies for industrial progress in developing countries
Cody, John (ed.); Hughes, Helen (contributor);  … - 1980
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Groundwater irrigation and the rural poor : options for development in the Gangetic Basin
Kahnert, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 1993
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Microfinance in South Asia : Toward Financial Inclusion for the Poor
World Bank - 2006
of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … poverty conditions among its vast rural population. Astonishing growth rates in Bangladesh, particularly during 1990s, created …
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Flood Risk Assessment for the Ganges Basin in South Asia
World Bank - 2016
The chapter wise synopsis of the report is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its objectives. It also provides the reader with an understanding of key concepts related to the project. Chapter two: describes exposure data...
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The Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry in Bangladesh and Pakistan
World Bank - 2012
, specifically Bangladesh and Pakistan, achieving compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) without jeopardizing the future of … breaking including the government of Pakistan and the government of Bangladesh about the current problems encountered in the … and growth potential of the industry in Bangladesh and Pakistan (chapter two); ii) it undertook environmental audits of …
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