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State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan
World Bank Group - 2018
agenda assumes greater significance for countries like Pakistan, where financial inclusion levels are quite low. It has led … to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the … in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state of financial access for women and to provide insights into their financial …
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Georgia Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Georgia is the only country in the CAC region that can access markets around the world through its own seaports and thus less dependent on China's BRI overland corridors for trade, investment and growth. Nevertheless, the Georgian government is investing in the one BRI corridor China, Europe...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Armenia Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Armenia is a small land-locked mountainous country with relatively difficult access to regional and global markets. The borders with Azerbaijan in the east and with Turkey in the southwest and west are closed. Only the borders with Georgia in the north and Iran in the south are open for trade...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Uzbekistan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Uzbekistan is a resource-rich country with a relatively young population of 33 million, the largest in Central Asia. It is also a geographic pivot for the region, bordering all other Central Asian countries and Afghanistan, with transit connections in all directions. As a double landlocked...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Tajikistan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Tajikistan is the poorest country in the region despite strong growth for nearly two decades; sustaining growth in future will need substantially higher growth in private investment and exports. Its per capita income (GNI) is close to USD 1,000 but nearly a third of its population, of around 9...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kazakhstan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Kazakhstan is an upper-middle income, resource rich country. Its ascent to upper-middle income status was propelled by rising oil production and booming oil prices which pushed the average annual rate to above 7 percent during 2000-2013. The halving of world oil prices and lower export demand...
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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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Rural development : from vision to action
McCalla, Alex F. (contributor); Ayres, Wendy S. (contributor) - 1997
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India Development Update, April 2015
World Bank Group - 2015
The India Development Update for April 2015 has two main aims. First, it reports on the key developments over the past …
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Electric Mobility in India : Accelerating Implementation
World Bank Group - 2021
undertaken by the World Bank to review the development of e-mobility in India, identify remaining challenges and mitigation … measures to support India's electric mobility vision. This report presents the findings of the analysis and lays out a set of …
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