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A Development Emergency: the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor...
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The turn of the century was marked by some significant and promising events for world development. The Millennium Declaration - signed by 189 countries in September 2000 - led to the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals, which set clear targets for eradicating poverty and other sources...
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A Development Emergency: the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor...
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embodying the national honor as well. Gender has thus been one of the most politicized issues in Afghanistan over the past 100 … regime in 2001, Afghanistan embarked upon a new beginning, recognizing anew the contribution of the female half of its … enhance growth, poverty reduction and human well-being. The extent of gender discrimination in Afghanistan is pervasive, and …
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Afghanistan will experience a major security and development transition over the next three years. At the Kabul and … country has fared less well, and many indicators have worsened in recent years. Afghanistan remains one of the world's least …
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Afghanistan will experience a major security and development transition over the next three years. At the Kabul and … country has fared less well, and many indicators have worsened in recent years. Afghanistan remains one of the world's least …
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Those of us helping countries to build capacity to manage reconstruction after a conflict has ended need to be fully aware of the context in which we operate. Apart from the obvious destruction of infrastructure, presence of armed groups and difficult working conditions, there are several other...
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This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Afghanistan from 2002-11. Despite extremely difficult … highly relevant to Afghanistan’s situation, beginning in 2006 the strategies could have gone further in adapting ongoing … effectively by analytic and advisory activities and donor coordination through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund …
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