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Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world's...
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"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors …
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This report assesses Montenegro's public and external debt sustainability under alternative scenarios. The baseline …
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household cooking purposes, represented 53 percent of Senegal's final energy consumption, and 76 percent of charcoal consumption …
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the Philippines from a longer-term perspective and the factors that may have inhibited performance. It concludes that … range of development objectives. Reconstructing the social contract in the Philippines is a challenge. Key pillars of this …
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the Philippines in framing relevant institutional and financial reforms by key sector agencies and in strengthening the …
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This report was prepared at the request of the Philippines Social Security System (SSS) to analyze key challenges and … propose reform options to improve the sustainability and expand the coverage of old age income protection for private sector … abrupt changes in contributions and benefits. At the same time, the Philippines faces a challenge to improve the defacto …
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of the Philippines to consider. Important topics related to environmental sustainability and resilience are included as a … these objectives without strong institutions, social inclusion, resilience, and environmental sustainability. All of these …. Chapter one of the report provides an introduction to urbanization in the Philippines. Chapter two covers analysis of …
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in global trade and domestic consumption linked to sharp increases in consumer confidence. In the Philippines, growth was … turning point for the Philippines in the public finance area. The 2011 budget changes current dynamics in two critical areas …
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Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines, on March 18-19, 2010. The objective of the 2010 partnership forum was to share lessons …
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