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Guyana Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012

World Bank Group - 2012

A new tool, SABER-teachers, aims to help fill this gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies in primary and secondary education systems around the world. SABER-Teachers is a core component of SABER (Systems Approach for Better...

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Guyana - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

The risk of external and overall debt distress for Guyana remains moderate, but debt dynamics will improve … susceptibility of Guyana's external public debt in a very extreme shock which combines simultaneous shocks to real GDP growth …. Nonetheless, Guyana has substantial space to absorb these shocks, reflecting the current low level of external debt. Guyana …

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile : Guyana

World Bank Group - 2023

Guyana faces several challenges, including poverty and high levels of inequality, ranking 114 out of 170 countries in … the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting …

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Fixing Markets, Not Prices : Policy Options to Tackle Economic Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank Group - 2021

Collusive agreements among competitors create unmitigated harm. When competitors agree to limit competition, id est to form economic cartels, the poor pay up to 50 percent more for essential goods, growth is stymied as competitiveness and productivity declines, and public policies become less...

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The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank Group - 2021

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...

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Maximizing Finance for Development : Impact Bonds for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank Group - 2022

The maximizing finance for development (MFD) approach can be implemented to close the financing gap in the water and sanitation sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, helping the region in getting closer to achieving sustainable development goal (SDG 6), particularly if emphasis is put on...

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Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank Group - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest economic shock the world economy has witnessed in decades, causing a collapse in global activity. Nevertheless, there are signs that global activities are stabilizing, and have picked up in many large emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs)....

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Water Matters : Resilient, Inclusive and Green Growth through Water Security in Latin America

World Bank Group - 2022

Water security is a matter of increasing concern across the world and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is no exception. With rapidly growing demands for water and increasing variability due to climate change, ensuring water access to all users and mitigating water-related risks should be at...

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Energy Markets in Latin America : Emerging Disruptions and the Next Frontier

World Bank Group - 2017

Efficient energy services are essential for economic growth, competitiveness, and human development. Globally, energy markets are undergoing a transformation: fossil fuel prices are responding to new and unpredictable dynamics, and new energy and information and communication technologies (ICT)...

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From Waste to Resource - Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean : Background Paper I. Efficient and Effective Management of Wate...

World Bank Group - 2019

This background paper is part of the supporting material for the report "From Waste to Resource: Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean," a product of the "Wastewater: from waste to resource," an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice

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