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Promoting the Rural Non-Farm Sector in Bangladesh : Volume 1. Summary Report
World Bank - 2013
The major constraints to RNF growth, according to a large survey of rural entrepreneurs,' include (1) flood and natural disasters; (2) access to electricity; (3) road conditions, (4) access to finance and (5) transportation to markets. Bangladesh's vulnerability to frequent floods and other...
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China - Promoting Growth with Equity : Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank - 2013
the possible patterns of inequality in China in the future, and outlines policy options that could help accomplish China …
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China Economic Update, June 2024
World Bank - 2024
Economic activity picked up in China in early 2024, buoyed by stronger exports. Meanwhile, growth in domestic demand … market correction continued. In the long term, China's rapidly aging population will have wide-ranging economic impacts, but … learning are measures that could expand China's workforce and make it more productive …
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Openness can be good for growth : the role of policy complementarities
Chang, Roberto - 2005
"The authors study how the effect of trade openness on economic growth depends on complementary reforms that help a country take advantage of international competition. This issue is illustrated with a simple Harris-Todaro model where output gains after trade liberalization depend on the degree...
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Mozambique : Country Economic Memorandum, Sustaining Growth and Reducing Poverty
World Bank - 2012
Mozambique has staged a dramatic recovery from the damage of the civil war, improving infrastructure nearly to pre-war levels; reducing poverty from 69 to 54 percent; growing the economy by 8 percent annually between 1996 and 2003; expanding the agricultural, tourism construction and manufacturing...
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Sustaining Robust Growth, Mitigating Risks and Deepening Reforms : Lao PDR Economic Monitor, May 2012
World Bank - 2013
With development soaring in construction, manufacturing, mining and services, Lao PDR's economic outlook in 2012 is positive. As the driving force behind the domestic economy, these sectors are anticipated to drive a projected growth of 8.3 percent by year-end. To begin, higher wholesale and...
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Mozambique Country Economic Memorandum : Growth Prospects and Reform Agenda
World Bank - 2013
This Country Economic Memorandum reviews the significant changes Mozambique underwent in the last five years, specifying that to continue its rapid growth, and reduce its high levels of poverty, the country will need to adopt a new set of reforms. Such reforms, focused on increasing the...
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Trade and Foreign Exchange Policies in Iran : Reform Agenda, Economic Implications and Impact on the Poor
World Bank - 2013
Iran's economic performance in the last two decades has been very disappointing. This is highlighted by the fact that per capita GDP was 16 percent lower in 1998 than in 1979. However, the most important single reason for this poor performance was not any domestic economic policy, but the long...
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Turkey - Country Economic Memorandum : Structural Reforms for Sustainable Growth, Volume 2. Statistical Annex
World Bank - 2013
This country economic memorandum shows that fiscal imbalances are key to understanding Turkey's inflation problem, and its volatile growth. Its findings suggest that the country's inability to sustain high growth can be closely linked, among many factors, to the lack of macroeconomic stability....
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