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Moldova Climate Adaptation Investment Planning
World Bank - 2016
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Climate Resilient Ningbo Project : Local Resilience Action Plan, Volume 1. Final Report
World Bank - 2013
Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program. The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the East Asia region to better understand the concepts and consequences of climate change; how climate change consequences contribute to urban...
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Impact of Climate Change in Health in Colombia and Recommendations for Mitigation and Adaptation
World Bank - 2023
Climate change has been called the most important threat to human health in the 21st century. It is estimated that if thetemperature rises and its impact on the other climatic variablescontinues unchanged, it will kill more than 83 million people (1 percent of the world's population) in the next...
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Building Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Systems in Africa
World Bank - 2023
This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES). It draws from application of the Resilience Booster Tool to specific projects, as...
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Institutions taking root : building state capacity in challenging contexts
Huybens, Elisabeth (contributor);  … - 2014
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The Gambia - Improving Civil Service Performance : Main Analysis
World Bank - 2012
There is a general consensus that The Gambia's civil service has a number of key capacity weaknesses. Pay is too low to …
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The Gambia - Improving Civil Service Performance : Public Service Pensions Policy Reform Note
World Bank - 2012
There is a general consensus that The Gambia's civil service has a number of key capacity weaknesses. Pay is too low to …
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Gambia, The - Youth Employment and Skills Development Study : Improving Youth Employment Outcomes Through Enhanced Skills Development
World Bank - 2012
Despite substantial improvements in access to basic education and steady economic growth, The Gambia still faces … focus on improving youth employment outcomes. It states that 'The Gambia has a problem of youth unemployment especially … The Gambia. PRSP II will focus on the problem of youth unemployment through various approaches including supporting …
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The Gambia - Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report and Joint IDA-IMF Staff Advisory Note
World Bank - 2012
The Gambian authorities completed the 2007 poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) annual progress report (APR) in October 2008. This is the first APR for the country's second PRSP, which covers the years 2007 to 2011.' The overall strategic priorities of the PRSP are: (i) macroeconomic...
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The Gambia - From Entrepot to Exporter and Eco-tourism : Diagnostic Trade Integration Study for the Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to Least Developed C...
World Bank - 2012
For decades, Gambia has served as a regional entrepot, using the river as a transportation link to the hinterland …. Relatively low import taxes, well-functioning port and customs services, and limited administrative barriers reinforced Gambia … imported into Gambia are transported unofficially into Senegal and beyond. Gambian economy and especially its public finances …
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