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Building Human Capital : Lessons from Country Experiences; Ireland

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the last sixty years, Ireland has experienced profound economic, social, technological, occupational, cultural … transformation and has been a central component of Ireland's human capital development. Ireland's journey towards prosperity has not … the story of Ireland's remarkable economic and social transformations since the 1960s, with a focus on the contribution …

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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank Group - 2020

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...

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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

World Bank Group - 2017

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...

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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy

World Bank Group - 2018

Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...

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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations

World Bank Group - 2019

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...

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Mind the Rural Investment Gap : Disparities in Access to Basic Infrastructure and Directions for Mozambique's Public Investment Program

World Bank Group - 2019

Against the backdrop of increasing income inequality, this report uses spatial analysis to assesses whether disparities in access to basic infrastructure between Mozambique's lagging and leading regions are growing or declining and whether the public expenditure program is effective in...

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Tanzania Economic Update, July 2021 : Transforming Tourism - Toward a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Sector

World Bank Group - 2021

sectors, but economic activity could accelerate in the second half of 2021. The tourism-dependent economy of Zanzibar has been …

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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

regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development …

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Demand Analysis for Tourism in African Local Communities

World Bank Group - 2018

demand for tourism products delivered by and based in local communities in Africa. If demand is better understood, supply can …

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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic

World Bank Group - 2019

The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self … heritage features make it a tourism-friendly potential destination. The Snina District and National Poloniny Park (NPP) have … many challenges to address in order to realize the growth benefits of their tourism sector. This report recommends a set of …

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