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Reducing malnutrition is a cornerstone of poverty reduction. General malnutrition and specific micronutrient deficiencies contribute to infant, child, and maternal morbidity; decreased learning capacity; lower productivity and higher mortality. Because malnutrition is often due to a combination...
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Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets … improved following significant policy reforms in Bulgaria, although public institutions remained weak. This suggests that even …
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"Although it is widely accepted that financial development is associated with higher growth, the evidence on the channels through which credit affects growth on the micro-level is scant. Using data from a cross section of Bulgarian firms, the authors estimate the impact of access to credit (as...
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"This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has … dimensions. The external dimension relates to backbone services facilitating trade and Bulgaria's trade policies. As far as the … latter are concerned, the discussion highlights tensions that emerge from duality-regional versus multilateral-in Bulgaria …
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"This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in … can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in Bulgaria's exports, its major drivers and factor content, during the … transition economies that have stayed the reform course. (2) The evolution of Bulgaria's total exports in terms of factor …
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The study is the first-ever Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) on Bulgaria by the World Bank. It … institutional framework. Bulgaria has made substantial progress toward long-term macroeconomic stability, but important challenges …
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assistance recipients and other highly disadvantaged groups in Bulgaria. The report starts by providing an overview of recent …, in particular. Chapter two describes and analyses the institutional setting for the design and implementation of Bulgaria …
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enabling environment that transforms the solid waste management sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. The EU … analyzes progress in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania; and identifies important shortcomings towards meeting the …
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