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Section one of the paper provides a broad overview of the nature and objectives of the projects. Section two contains an objective view of the impact of FIRST funded projects on the growth in insurance markets as measured by insurance market penetration. Rigorous data analysis was used to...
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Ratings for the Early Childhood Development Project are as follows: Outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and Quality of monitoring and evaluation was modest. This assessment offers the following lessons: (1) Collaboration, strong national...
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Gender equality has long been central to the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. More recently, women's and girls' empowerment (WGE) has become a priority in the Africa region in the context of the region's demographic...
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Evaluation Insight Notes (EIN) offer new insights from existing evidence on important strategic and operational issues. This EIN draws on Independent Evaluation Group evidence to identify lessons for addressing institutional capacity development needs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Institutions shape...
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Malaysia stands out for its strong economic performance and resilience over a period of sixty years which delivered rapid and inclusive economic growth to its diverse population. This paper describes and evaluates Malaysia's experience with National Development Planning (NDP). It discusses...
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Ethiopia. The study uses evidence mainly from a survey of both formal and informal businesses in Addis Ababa and four major …
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The Ethiopia Investment Climate Program, managed by the World Bank Group's Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice … address investment climate issues that are holding back investment and productivity growth in Ethiopia. This report presents a … summary of the major findings about the business registration and licensing regime in Ethiopia and develops recommendations …
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shared prosperity in Ethiopia. Achieving those goals requires a two pronged strategy of building on the strengths of past … urbanization right' are essential going forward. The report identifies two key challenges to sustainable progress: Ethiopia needs …
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Ethiopia's remarkable socio-economic transformation over the last decade has been marked by: a reorientation of … prioritization of infrastructure spending, while protecting spending on education at four percent of GDP. The Government of Ethiopia … a result, Ethiopia is home to the largest social safety net program in Africa, and has also achieved remarkable health …
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