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This report describes the key policies for Chad to successfully leverage export diversification to foster economic … the world, shows that while large scale production of oil resources offers great opportunities, it comes with major … goal, only an export diversification strategy can foster a larger menu of goods and services than can become growth …
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Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a … new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends …
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, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World …
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This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following five questions, each of which constitutes a separate chapter: (i) what were the salient structural...
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The Ivorian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum. During the last decade, Cote d'Ivoire's growth performance has been impressive. To achieve its ambitious goal of reaching emerging market status within one or two generations, however, it needs to maintain the strong growth for many years...
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alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …
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Chongqing is at a crossroads where its GDP per capita will reach a level at which cities typically decouple economic growth from energy and resource use, as well as associated carbon emissions and pollution. However, decoupling does not happen automatically. It requires cities to adopt green...
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The Lao PDR sits at the intersection of four critical ecoregions and is home to some of the world's biologically … protected areas, and expansion of agriculture and settlements. This World Bank report outlines key challenges and priority …
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the world's highest levels of exposure to floods and extreme heat. However, building climate resilience also offers an … accelerated decarbonization and changing consumption and production patterns in the rest of the world. With the right policy … choices and a vibrant private sector, this could offer opportunities for export diversification, job creation, and growth …
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Like most countries in the world, Vietnam is increasingly seeing its development affected by climate change. With a … climate change around the world. Vietnam has historically had very low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but over the past two … decades, it has seen some of the fastest emissions growth rates in the world. From 2000 to 2015, as GDP per capita increased …
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