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Boosting Financial Resilience to Disaster Shocks : Good Practices and New Frontiers

World Bank Group - 2019

Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing number of countries are developing financial...

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Solutions toEnd Poverty ona Livable Planet - Insights from World Bank CountryClimate and Development Reportscovering 42 economies

World Bank Group - 2023

The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature― and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but the …

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Cabo Verde Economic Update, April 2021 : Rebounding from the Crisis; Restoring Fiscal Sustainability and Leveraging the Private Sector for a more Resilient and Sustainable Recovery

World Bank Group - 2021

The objective of this report is to provide an update to the Government of Cabo Verde, think-tanks and researchers, and the public on the state of the Cabo Verde economy and its outlook, together with the structural reforms required to strengthen the foundations for private sector-led recovery...

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Financial Risk and Opportunities to Build Resilience in Europe

World Bank Group - 2021

This report presents an analysis conducted by the World Bank to assess macro-fiscal impacts of earthquakes and floods …

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Cambodia Economic Update, April 2016 : Improving Macroeconomic and Financial Resilience

World Bank Group - 2016

While remaining robust, growth in 2015 eased slightly to 7.0 percent, slightly below the 7.1 percent achieved in 2014. The performance of the garment sector improved in 2015, while signs of economic moderation and weakness persisted in the tourism and agriculture sectors, respectively....

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Malaysia Economic Monitor, December 2017 : Turmoil to Transformation, 20 Years after the Asian Financial Crisis

World Bank Group - 2017

The aim of the Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM) is to foster better-informed policy analysis and debate regarding the key challenges that Malaysia faces in its endeavor to achieve rapid, inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The MEM consists of two parts: Part 1 presents a review of recent...

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Freetown : Options for Growth and Resilience

World Bank Group - 2018

Cities are where economic development really happens and where the risks from natural hazards are growing. Urbanization in Sierra Leone is occurring at USD 410/per capita, at a far lower level than other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa at similar urbanization levels. This study focuses on...

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Pakistan Development Update, June 2019 : Weathering the Storm - Restoring Macroeconomic Stability

World Bank Group - 2019

Pakistan is facing yet another balance of payment crisis. Authorities have taken some corrective measures and negotiated a 39-month stabilization program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nonetheless, inflationary pressures increased during FY19. Current account deficit narrowed as...

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World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2010, Volume 1 : Emerging Stronger from the Crisis

World Bank Group - 2010

protectionist pressures around the world, including in the region. Deeper integration will encourage agglomeration economies and …

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East Asia Update, November 2002 : Making Pogress in Uncertain Times

World Bank Group - 2002

This report is written at a time when the East Asia region - having enjoyed a powerful economic rebound in the first half of 2002 is now affected by strong cross-currents and uncertainties in both its external environment and its domestic setting. Within the region, the terrorist attacks at Bali...

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