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, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of … environment and the economic growth variables show a relatively sizable degree of variance. In addition, Poland has struggled in … the past few years to reduce poverty while still experiencing positive economic growth. The authors show that in Poland …
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The overall context for the study is partly provided by the three pillars of the World Bank's new forest strategy (Sustaining Forests: A Development Strategy, 2002), which focuses on how the Bank can most effectively contribute to harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty, to...
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report is organized along the following lines. The next section provides background on Poland's greenhouse gas (GHG …) emissions. Then section B sets out Poland's existing carbon abatement targets and key policy challenges related to GHG … the first model, the engineering approach, on the costs of measures aimed at GHG mitigation for Poland. Section F explains …
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In January 1999, Poland launched a new pension system that was the result of 5-6 years of broad outreach campaigns and … without undermining the long-term viability of the reformed pension system. Post-communist Poland operated on a traditional … and Poland had one of the highest spending rates of any post-communist transition country. In addition, long …
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impacts; chapter 3 describes the employment structure in Poland, taking into account gender differences; chapter 4 … shows to extent to which the retirement system in Poland reflects the difference between the status of women and men in the …
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Poland and potential areas of focus for follow-up interventions. The study also aims to highlight barriers that prevent the …. This report is not intended to be an in-depth analysis but rather an overview of the status of CE implementation in Poland … that provides some recommendations to policy makers on how to accelerate progress toward a CE in Poland …
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Poland's economic development story is one of success: since the early 1990s, the country has transitioned to a market …-income trap and increasing the resilience of its economy. Poland has sustained strong growth over the past three decades, making … considerable gap in both productivity and income convergence when compared with aspirational peers. Poland successfully …
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"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
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