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The study's objective was to support the socio-economic development program of the Government of Orissa by helping to analyze and formulate practical strategies for strengthening an institutional and regulatory framework with respect to managing the environmental and social impacts of...
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Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank Group (WBG) energy portfolio and are increasingly being mainstreamed in the WBG's energy lending. In fiscal 2007 a total of US$1,433 million supported 63 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects...
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This policy note is a summary of the findings of a joint study of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the World Bank. The policy note is organized as follows: the next section, 'in the shadow of king coal,' provides a brief history of the...
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The challenge for the development community is to exploit the links between energy and poverty to combat global poverty. The human scale of this challenge is huge. Today, 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity and 2.4 billion rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating. Indoor air...
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improvements. Indeed, Mexico's entrepreneurship ecosystem is characterized by the limited entry of high-quality firms, and a large … entrepreneurship and growth even more pressing in Mexico; however, at the same time, the pandemic has opened up new opportunities due … affect entrepreneurship ecosystems in Mexico, and with this knowledge, inform the design of priority policies and programs …
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"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
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This report provides a diagnostic of Viet Nam's entrepreneurship ecosystem and details a set of targeted … recommendations for improving conditions for innovative entrepreneurship in the country. The diagnostic consists of four components: 1 … conditions. The report finds that the overall quality and the level of public support for entrepreneurship is low; founders have …
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have improved the innovation environment of the cities, but certain elements still stunt the growth of innovative …
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This note focuses on the regulatory and market environment relevant to the emergence and adoption of innovative delivery channels to promote greater financial inclusion in Malaysia. Financial inclusion is defined here not only as providing access to financial services, but also as enabling and...
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Inclusive innovation seeks to expand access to essential goods and services, thereby improving quality of life, and … directly at the needs of excluded populations. Inclusive innovation is of high relevance for the Chinese authorities, but the … innovation, yet has recognized the importance of inclusive innovation in addressing increasing disparity between the rich and …
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