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Nepal's recent transition to a federal state structure provides a historic juncture to realize the role that social protection can play in achieving the constitutional goals of equity, inclusion, and prosperity. The transition to a federal structure of governance and the promulgation of a new...
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The development of Brazil's modern social safety net is quite recent, and social assistance programs claim a relatively small share of resources of the broader social sector. A key feature of the Brazilian social protection system is the duality between formal sector workers, who gained social...
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Bangladesh's economy is growing at a healthy pace and macro conditions are strong. Progress in social outcomes in Bangladesh is inspiring other countries, but deep challenges persist as the pace of poverty reduction slows down. Bangladesh labor market is dominated by low-productivity and...
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The Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has an ambitious long-term vision for the nation and its people, operationalized through the national development plans. A rapid increase in public spending financed through borrowing, due to lack of a concomitant increase in public revenue, meant a...
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Panama has experienced impressive and significant economic growth, emerging as one of the better performers in Central America in recent years and one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. From 2003 to 2013, Panama has averaged an annual GDP growth rate of approximately 7 percent,...
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Colombia (BR), the National Planning Department (DNP), and the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies …
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Government initiatives to reduce the housing deficit in Colombia go back more than a hundred years, but it was only … the relevance that it has today. Since then, Colombia has made substantial progress. Building on the progress made by … policy in Colombia has started to undergo a transition towards a truly integrated approach, one which addresses several of …
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. Colombia has a well-developed market for NPL management, while the insolvency framework is in a stage of transition and with …
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Over the past twenty years, fiscal policy has become one of the three pillars of macroeconomic stability for Colombia … framework) and a prudent management of public finances. After the 1999 crisis, Colombia managed to reduce the general government … deficit and built buffers, which allowed it to respond to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Colombia successfully withdrew the …
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Colombia is very exposed to natural and climatic disasters and especially to large-scale hydro meteorological drought … agricultural sector. In Colombia a high proportion of the rural population are small-scale poor crop and livestock family farmers … Colombia (GoC) has given major priority to the eradication of rural poverty through the regeneration of the agricultural sector …
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