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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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integration in other parts of the world. International development institutions like the World Bank Group can play an important …
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The internationalization of the Ecuadorian economy is necessary if the country is to successfully adopt a development model led by the private-sector. The Ecuadorian government is seeking to accelerate growth and sustain social progress by giving greater prominence to the private sector; it does...
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The World Bank Group has developed a new Strategy focusing on the ambitious goals of ending extreme poverty and …
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The World Bank Group will focus its financial and technical resources to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared …. Translated into action, the Strategy will reposition the World Bank Group to help transform the lives of the nearly 4 billion …
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being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …
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alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …
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Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries' economies, reducing poverty, and fueling … range of shocks and stresses that cities may encounter. The flagship report -- co-authored by the World Bank Group and the … poverty and promoting shared prosperity. And while, over the last five years, the World Bank Group has financed more than USD …
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In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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