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World Bank Group - 2021

The Paris Agreement provides a framework for all countries - both developed and developing - to voluntarily adopt individual targets, elaborated in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This effectively introduces commitments on the country in the sectors covered by their NDCs....

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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook

World Bank Group - 2016

-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …

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Trade and Humanitarian Emergencies : A Survey of Trade Policy Issues Affecting Disaster Response, Recovery and Reconstruction

World Bank Group - 2014

The initial hours and days after a humanitarian emergency are generally seen as the most important. Because they affect the rapid deployment of relief to people in need, international trade policies, and the way in which they are implemented, can make an enormous difference to the effectiveness...

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High and Dry : Climate Change, Water, and the Economy

World Bank Group - 2016

systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises …

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2017 Survey of National Development Banks

World Bank Group - 2018

This paper presents the main findings of the 2017 survey on national development banks that the World Bank conducted in … collaboration with the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions. Sixty-four development banks from different parts of … the world, mainly from middle-income countries, participated in the survey …

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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto

World Bank Group - 2018

The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …

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Improving Co-operation between Tax Authorities and Anti-Corruption Authorities in Combating Tax Crime and Corruption

World Bank Group - 2018

This joint report by the World Bank and OECD identifies building blocks for more effective co-operation and is the …

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Carbon Markets Under the Kyoto Protocol : Lessons Learned for Building an International Carbon Market Under the Paris Agreement

World Bank Group - 2018

This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …

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Early Access to Pension Savings : International Experience and Lessons Learnt

World Bank Group - 2019

The objectives of a well-designed pension system are poverty reduction in old age and income smoothing throughout an individuals' lifetime. Over the last thirty years, changing demographic trends have caused a shift from 'pay as you go' and occupational defined benefit (DB) schemes - where the...

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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2019

Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...

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