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The Iraq Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the previous six months and presents findings from recent World Bank work on Iraq, placing them in a longer-term and global context and assessing the implications of these developments and other changes...
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Iraq's overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the victory over ISIS after a war that lasted three years....
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As a region, the Mashreq has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade. The region has braved massive economic and social shocks that would challenge even the most advanced economies in the world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has...
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The World Bank's teams have been resorting to the use of a mix of standard tools and innovative geospatial and remote-based data sources (e.g., nighttime lights, shipping-position data, traffic congestion data, aviation statistics, mobile phone location data, remote sensing vegetation indices,...
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succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Afghanistan. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate …. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geographic domain of Afghanistan …
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The Country Opinion Survey in Afghanistan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Afghanistan perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Afghanistan on 1) their views regarding …
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Afghanistan currently faces a sea of uncertainty. Outcomes of the September 2019 presidential elections are not yet …
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Afghanistan is a deeply fragile and conflict affected state. It has been in almost constant conflict for over 35 years … and poverty incidence stubbornly high. Afghanistan faces tremendous development challenges. Gross domestic product (GDP … levels. The new government has declared its commitment to address Afghanistan's development challenges, through its paper …
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Afghanistan continues to face daunting challenges and uncertainties. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis imposed a heavy …
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The conflict inflicted by ISIS has forced over 5 million ordinary Iraqis to flee their homes, left schools destroyed and hospitals dysfunctional. Seven governorates have been fiercely affected while the entire country felt the shockwaves. During these times of despair, our neighbors and the...
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