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Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Although this international integration presents considerable opportunities for developing countries, it also contains significant risks. Associated with...
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Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of transport, lower trade barriers, faster communication of ideas, rising capital flows, and intensifying pressures for mitigation. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated...
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This report describes and explains how, in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has contributed and responded to the incredibly challenging transport demands generated by China's economic development, and highlights the plans and possibilities that lie ahead. In 1949, China had only...
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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP … others, are included for each country. In addition to the World Bank's most recent forecasts, key conditions and challenges …
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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains 203 country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP … the World Bank's most recent forecasts, key conditions and challenges, recent developments and outlook are briefly …
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-resolved, accurate weather forecasts and robust mechanisms to place this information in the hands of farmers on a timely basis. The … that, while Turkey generates its own high-resolution weather forecasts, the bank's Central Asian clients do not. The … available forecasts from international sources. The applicability of such global forecasts to the purpose of providing weather …
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This policy note reviews the current determinants of gross domestic product growth in Lebanon, and proposes a strategy to accelerate such growth in the years to come. Emigration and macro-economic trends will require urgent attention to foster growth. In the absence of job opportunities, half of...
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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP … each country. In addition to the World Bank's most recent forecasts, key conditions and challenges, recent developments and …
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