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Seychelles Tourism Sector Review : Sustaining Growth in a Successful Tourism Destination
World Bank - 2014
The Seychelles tourism sector today is a success story. No doubt, the Seychelles has been endowed with wonderful … natural tourism assets in its beautiful beaches and mountain backdrops, but its success has also been due to good governance … and strategic policy choices. With 24.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) directly attributable to tourism, the …
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Promoting Nature-Based Tourism for Management of Protected Areas and Elephant Conservation in Sri Lanka
World Bank - 2013
examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri Lanka's natural assets through nature based tourism as an instrument for … conservation with a specific focus on elephant conservation. This study identifies development opportunities that increase tourism …
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Linking up and reaching out in Bangladesh : information and communications technology for microfinance
Bagazonzya, Henry K. (contributor) - 2010
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Digital Identification Mexico
World Bank - 2022
Authorities in Mexico are seeking solutions to the complex task of improving efficiency in the financial and government sectors when identifying individuals and legal entities, while balancing other public-policy objectives, such as governance, technological neutrality, safety, privacy, and...
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Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring
World Bank - 2022
Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed...
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The Role of Digital in the COVID-19 Social Assistance Response
World Bank - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in vast numbers of people in need of social assistance, many of whom were not previously covered by social safety nets. To meet this unprecedented level of need, governments quickly scaled social assistance reaching over 1.7 billion people in low- and middle income...
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Kenya : Accounting and Auditing
World Bank - 2013
This report assesses accounting and auditing practices in Kenya in relation to the requirements of the International Accounting Standards (IASs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) issued by the International...
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Egypt, Arab Republic : Accounting and Auditing
World Bank - 2013
During the past decade, Egypt made significant efforts to align corporate financial reporting requirements with the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and to close the compliance gap in both accounting and auditing practices. Consequently, important improvements have been achieved in...
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Digital Hotspots
World Bank - 2023
Currently, about ten percent of the global population lives in economies affected by Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV). Climate change, rising inequality, demographic change, sovereign debt and other global trends render fragility increasingly more complex. In recent years, it has become...
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Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean
Gawande, Kishore S. - 2009
and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …
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