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Kosovo - Unlocking Growth Potential : Strategies, Policies, Actions - A Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank - 2012
Kosovo's economic growth in the past decade has been solid, yet, with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of 1,760, the country remains one of the poorest in Europe. The end of the conflict, output was growing at double-digit rates, driven by the donor-funded reconstruction efforts. Since...
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Ukraine - Country Economic Memorandum : Strategic Choices to Accelerate and Sustain Growth
World Bank - 2012
This report undertakes a comprehensive assessment of Ukraine's growth experience over the past decade. It shows how vulnerabilities were allowed to accumulate during the economic boom. And how growth, averaging seven percent annually between 2000 and 2008, was achieved without tackling Ukraine's...
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China - Promoting Growth with Equity : Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank - 2013
International experience suggests that the effect of globalization on economic growth, poverty and income distribution can vary significantly among countries, and that its impact depends crucially on national policies. This report assesses the possible patterns of inequality in China in the...
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Kenya : A Policy Agenda to Restore Growth
World Bank - 2013
This Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) - the first since 1995 - is a contribution to the government's economic recovery strategy, and to its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), being finalized. It examines Kenya's economic performance during the past decade, and identifies the structural...
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Belarus Country Economic Memorandum : Eeconomic Transformation for Growth
World Bank - 2013
.0 percent of GDP in 2010. Throughout the period 2001-10, the economic model relied on underpriced energy resources from Russia … economic dependence on underpriced energy from Russia and move up the value chain in global integration. With valuable …
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Brazil : Stability for Growth and Poverty Reduction
World Bank - 2013
The importance of macroeconomic stability for growth, and poverty reduction is now accepted in Brazil. As of 1964, the country followed responsible macroeconomic policies, in the pursuit of stability, reconfirmed by the new Government in January 2003. The report focuses strictly on three key...
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Croatia Country Economic Memorandum : A Strategy for Growth through European Integration, Volume 1. Summary Report
World Bank - 2013
For Croatia, the challenge is to create conditions that will attract investment and produce growth. These conditions can broadly be categorized as (a) stable, progressive and predictable laws and institutions; (b) efficient labor and financial markets; (c) macroeconomic and financial stability;...
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Croatia - Country Economic Memorandum : A Strategy for Growth through European Integration, Volume 2. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
For Croatia, the challenge is to create conditions that will attract investment and produce growth. These conditions can broadly be categorized as (a) stable, progressive and predictable laws and institutions; (b) efficient labor and financial markets; (c) macroeconomic and financial stability;...
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Governance in Albania : A Way Forward for Competitiveness, Growth, and European Integration
World Bank - 2013
Since its emergence from a turbulent post-communist transition, Albania has achieved remarkable progress in economic and social development. Governance improvements, especially in the effectiveness of public administration, have been instrumental to the country's impressive economic performance...
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Russian Federation : From Transition to Development, A Country Economic Memorandum for the Russian Federation
World Bank - 2012
. The report starts with the hypothesis that Russia's economy is still "in transition," with further scope to boost growth … powerful determinant of Russia's medium-term growth and long-term prospects. There are other contributors to growth, most … notably, the role that high hydrocarbon prices have played in Russia's rapid recovery from the 1998 crisis. In order to …
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