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This report is the third in a series of joint Government-World Bank reviews designed support Guatemala's peace process (See report nos. 15352 and 16392). As this report was under preparation in late 1998, Guatemala faced an emergency caused by Hurricane Mitch and increasing macroeconomic...
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This report provides new data on trade in medical goods and services and medical value chains; surveys the evolving policy landscape before and during the pandemic; and proposes an action plan to improve trade policies and deepen international cooperation to deal with future pandemics
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"Greece and Italy initiated efforts to improve public debt management and develop their domestic debt markets …
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logistics sector in Greece and to develop policy recommendations. The World Bank is carrying out the project at the request of … a technical assistance package provided by the World Bank Group to the Government of Greece on enhancing the business … environment and trade logistics. The package has been facilitated by the Task Force for Greece (TFGR, an arm of the European …
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All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to read constrains opportunities for further learning. Reading proficiency is also critical for foundational learning in other subjects. In low-...
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earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a …
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"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early …
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"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and … following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion of trade in goods and services since the mid-1980s, Turkey has become … highly integrated into the world economy. Second, Turkey's export performance in 1996-2004 in EU markets bears strong …
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