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The sanitary and economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought about the most significant disruption in the history of the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean region, leading to school closures at all levels and affecting over 170 million students throughout the region....
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This note will examine the distributional and efficiency issues associated with the fiscal response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis in Da Nang city and nationally in Vietnam. More specifically, we look at the social assistance (cash transfer) programs. Did these programs efficiently reach...
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of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sudan and the government's containment measures could negatively affect household welfare … the Sudan high frequency survey on Coronavirus (COVID-19) is to quickly collect household (and firm-level) information …
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nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of survey and administrative data on household electricity consumption, as … well as a qualitative assessment of household and service provider attitudes and experiences. Based on the findings of this … relationship between electricity consumption and welfare using household survey and electricity company microdata. Chapter III …
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The World Bank Economic Update provides an overview of recent economic and social developments and policies in China …. Economic activity in China remains resilient, with GDP growing by 6.9 percent in 2017 and 6.8 percent year on year (yoy) in the …
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governing foreign direct investment (FDI) and competition that affect businesses and foreign investors in China. The research …
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In China, changing demographics, rising incomes and shifting consumer preferences have resulted in an ever … others, 2014). The growing number of consumers in China, that are increasingly more affluent and educated, will continue … countries to increase their agricultural exports to China. As China places an important role on meeting its growing food needs …
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The purpose of this note is to explain how the pandemic is reshaping regulations in China and affecting urban planning … and city management. In preparing this note, a meta-analysis was conducted based on a review of China's urban planning … provides a systematic review of how China responses to COVID-19 and addresses gaps in urban planning and building design …
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This Investment Policy and Regulatory Review (IPRR) is organized as follows: section two provides an overview of the country's investment policy framework, including the legal instruments regulating foreign investment, key institutions involved in investment promotion, as well as the country's...
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