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A large number of studies in recent years have attempted to analyze and quantify the myriad of restrictions holding back economic development in the West Bank and Gaza, but the full picture remains blurred. The main value proposition of this study is to assess and quantify the overall prospects...
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The Palestinian health system suffers from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the disease burden is attributable to NCD, particularly cancers, diabetes,...
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This note attempts to identify the factors associated with differences in overall school performance and efficiency. It …
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The report summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency analysis to support Senegal's national HIV response … used in the most efficient way, and to determine the allocation of resources that brings the greatest health benefit, the … Government requested the World Bank to conduct this allocative efficiency analysis, using the Optima mathematical model …
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In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria (GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews (RS) to improve the efficiency and … from the World Bank. Such support was intended to identify spending pressures and potential efficiency and effectiveness … savings derived from efficiency gains for additional priority spending on waste management. A secondary objective is for this …
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This report, the full PER, aims to undertake a detailed analysis of the recent trends in publicexpenditures and revenue with a view to helping Mongolia's policy makers and opinion leaders identify the main priorities for a successful implementation of its ongoing recovery program. It also...
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. Fiscal policy has been counter-cyclical and progressive but has had a limited impact on economic growth. Spending efficiency … is a key area of concern. Expenditure efficiency in areas such as infrastructure, road transport, health, and education … are significantly behind the global efficiency frontier. The fiscal implications associated with the policy proposals in …
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series of policy reforms to unleash the potential of the private sector. It also needs to improve the efficiency of SOEs in …
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This study reviews the African Region of the World Bank's current thinking on cost sharing and the poor as apllied in Sub-Saharan Africa. It inventories country experiences and Bank activities in cost sharing for education and health, reviews African experiences with the implementation of cost...
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A social development perspective is used to seek an answer to the question: why is the incidence of absolute poverty so different among developing countries in East Asia, South Asia and Latin America?
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