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Managing the Fiscal Implications of Public-Private Partnerships in a Sustainable and Resilient Manner
World Bank - 2023
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can sometimes be perceived as a means for delivering infrastructure for free. A more nuanced but still inexact view is that they are a mechanism to overcome fiscal constraints. Some argue, perhaps rightly, that often governments enter PPP contracts without...
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West Africa Circular Economy
World Bank - 2023
, plastic waste recovery and avoidance/reuse/recycling of between 2.2 and 4 million tons of plastic in a “pragmatic” 1 circular …
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Diagnostic Analysis for Circular Economy Interventions in Bulgaria
World Bank - 2023
Over the past decade, material efficiency and resource productivity have surfaced on the global policy agenda. The rise of the circular economy (CE) agenda reflects the objective of moving away from the current systems of production and consumption based on the 'take-make-use-waste’ linear...
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Building Partnerships for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Africa
World Bank - 2009
This briefing note provides a rapid scan of partnership initiatives by the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) to improve the state of water and sanitation services in Africa. The note aims to highlight the gains and challenges of the major...
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A Global Procurement Partnership for Sustainable Development : An International Stocktaking of Developments in Public Procurement
World Bank - 2021
Efficient procurement procedures save time and money, opening up much needed fiscal space, yet modern public procurement can also serve as a tool for achieving broader socioeconomic policy change. Government purchasing decisions, including more strategic use of technology, can be used to...
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Refinements to the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability analysis
Frank, Nathaniel - 2008
"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors identify structural breaks over the sample period used to estimate the covariance matrix of the shocks to the debt ratios. Second, the assumption of normality of the shocks is...
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Green Cities : Sustainable Low-Income Housing in Brazil
World Bank - 2013
gas emissions embodied in housing can be very significant. Moreover, in Brazil, civil construction is responsible for the … housing developments and their resulting greenhouse gas emissions.The housing sector in Brazil offers substantial … subsidies for 2 million homes), Brazil is in a unique position to achieve the triumvirate of sustainable growth the social goal …
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How to Revitalize Infrastructure Investments in Brazil : Public Policies for Better Private Participation, Volume 2. Background Report
World Bank - 2012
policies could attract more and better private investments. In attracting back private capital, this report argues that Brazil … infrastructure statistics in Brazil and international benchmarks, regulatory policy issues, contract negotiations, and gives …
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Berg water project : communication practices for governance and sustainability improvement
Haas, Lawrence J. M. (contributor) - 2010
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Sustainable land management : challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs
2006
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