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The global economic crisis seriously threatens the economic growth and poverty reduction that Armenia achieved in recent years. The most recent data indicate that the economy is now shrinking, with prospects worsening in 2009 and 2010 when the full impact of the crisis is expected to unfold....
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This note provides an update on the WBG's COVID-19 Crisis Response, outlined in June 2020 to help developing countries address the impacts of the pandemic while maintaining a line of sight to long-term development goals. It comprises five short sections: (I) the impacts of COVID-19 and...
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Civil society in Yemen is vibrant and diverse but highly fragmented. It includes independent registered and organized …. As the political transition in Yemen continues, there is renewed interest in engaging local Civil Society Organizations … citizen participation. The Government has requested that the World Bank update its earlier work on CSOs in Yemen to map and to …
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Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation (Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) projects) reaching closure in developing countries grew by 22 percent in the third quarter of 2009, and by 10 percent in the first three quarters of the year, compared with...
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-market premium and putting more downward pressure on domestic prices. "--World Bank web site …
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conducive to crisis can also be associated with more unequal societies."--World Bank web site …
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response, the World Bank Group increased lending to unprecedented levels. The World Bank posted a large increase in middle …
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The world economy is emerging from the throes of a historically deep and synchronized recession provoked by the …
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