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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio
World Bank - 2023
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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The World Bank's Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response - An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank - 2022
This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps … Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess … recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank's crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the …
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WBG COVID-19 Crisis Response Operational Update : Delivering on the WBG Twin Goals in an Era of Compounding Crises
World Bank - 2022
This note provides an update on the WBG's COVID-19 Crisis Response, outlined in June 2020 to help developing countries address the impacts of the pandemic while maintaining a line of sight to long-term development goals. It comprises five short sections: (I) the impacts of COVID-19 and...
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Assessing the Impact of Higher Oil Prices in Latin America
World Bank - 2012
For some Latin American countries - especially, the oil importers in the Caribbean - rising energy prices could pose a significant threat to their current account sustainability, particularly if they are accompanied by other negative shocks. In some countries the fiscal costs associated with...
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Bank activity and funding strategies : the impact on risk and returns
Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009
risky, which is consistent with the demise of the U.S. investment banking sector. "--World Bank web site …
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Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
2005
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from...
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Imports, entry, and competition law as market disciplines
Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2003
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Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
World Bank - 2012
The themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing...
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Poland - Mazowieckie Public Expenditure Review Local Responses to the Global Economic Crisis
World Bank - 2012
This report examines the fiscal prospects of major units of sub-national government in the voivodship (province) of Mazowieckie and proposes a series of reforms in recurrent spending and capital investment planning. Mazowieckie, the seat of Warsaw, is the heart of the Polish economy. While...
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