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Groundwater irrigation and the rural poor : options for development in the Gangetic Basin
Kahnert, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 1993
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Investments in the Electric Power Sector : The Experience of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh - Final Report
World Bank - 2012
The three large South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), which are the focus of this report, have drawn …
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Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries
World Bank - 2012
This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
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Microfinance in South Asia : Toward Financial Inclusion for the Poor
World Bank - 2006
of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … poverty conditions among its vast rural population. Astonishing growth rates in Bangladesh, particularly during 1990s, created …
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Flood Risk Assessment for the Ganges Basin in South Asia
World Bank - 2016
The chapter wise synopsis of the report is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its objectives. It also provides the reader with an understanding of key concepts related to the project. Chapter two: describes exposure data...
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South Asia Macro Poverty Outlook
World Bank - 2023
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the South Asia region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross domestic...
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Strengthening China's and India's trade and investment ties to the Middle East and North Africa
Pigato, Miria (contributor) - 2009
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Do regional trade pacts benefit the poor? : an illustration from the Dominican Republic-Central American free trade agreement in Nicaragua
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2006
"The main objective of this paper is to provide an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price...
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The impact of regional trade agreements and trade facilitation in the Middle East and North Africa region
Dennis, Allen Curtis - 2006
"The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's trade performance over the past two decades has been disappointing. Efforts to boost trade through a plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) are underway. This study examines the potential contribution of regional trade agreements, as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522223
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Preferential trading in South Asia
Panagariya, Arvind - 2006
by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. They start with a detailed analysis of the … examine the most effective free trade area in existence-the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Area-and evaluate the developments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522247