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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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across the world, including many vulnerable communities, who depend on tourism for their livelihoods. According to the World …
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The China Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) provides analysis and recommendations on integrating the … adequate mitigation and adaptation efforts, climate risks will become a growing constraint to China's long-term growth and … reforms necessary to achieve a lasting economic transformation. Hence, China will need to grow and green its economy at the …
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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Liberia had an estimated 4.3 million hectares of forests in 2011, comprising approximately 50 percent of Liberia’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush meat, medicines, construction materials, and...
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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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challenges remain. The global COVID-19 outbreak is impacting economies around the world, including Tajikistan, in an … Tajikistan national sources, the World Bank, development partners and others. It is oriented towards key strategic objectives of … the World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy for the period of FY17-FY23 with relevance for the Tajikistan context …
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