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This note is a preliminary estimate of the revenue foregone under customs duty because of the various exemptions provided on imports. The estimates are intended as an input into the policy process that seeks to balance revenue raising measures, trade and tariff policy, and competitiveness. The...
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This report aims to provide a background of the electricity sector in Lebanon and to estimate the current and future costs of the sector in order to inform reform plans that are needed to recover the sector financial viability
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There are multiple obstacles to use of health information systems (HISs) in Yemen, including fragmented systems, insufficient infrastructure, a lack of skilled personnel, and the absence of standardized registries with identical terminology and coding. The absence of unified strategic visions1,...
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The Economic Monitor examines four possible factors behind Tunisia's slow recovery. First, the drop in mobility related … to the pandemic may have been more harmful in Tunisia. However, mobility in Tunisia has dropped to a similar extent as … July. If anything, the mobility drop in Tunisia has resulted in a lower reduction in economic activity than in comparator …
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regional peers, Tunisia experienced a sharper contraction than others, having entered the crisis while already experiencing …
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Tunisia has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An … strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Tunisia decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools …
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In recent decades, Tunisia has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to water supply …, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. More than 4 million people in Tunisia have gained access to improved sanitation between … 1990 and 2015, and 4 million have gained access to water. This is a significant accomplishment, considering that Tunisia is …
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Tunisia faces the challenge of improving the quality of its public spending and maintaining fiscal sustainability … following a decade of weak economic performance. It is critical for Tunisia to strengthen the quality of infrastructure and … to identify structural policy options to help Tunisia tackle its economic and social challenges through more effective …
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Tunisia is expected to enter a recession in 2020 as a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slowdown in … agricultural growth. The World Bank estimates that Tunisia's potential GDP growth has dropped by 2 to 2.5 percentage points in the … COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate Tunisia's growth challenges in the short and possibly medium term. A Government of Tunisia …
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This report presents the current state of identification (ID) systems in Tunisia and their use across sectors. Based on … and their progress since the benchmarking study commissioned by the Government of Tunisia (GoT) in 2015 that led to the … and uncertainties regarding identification in Tunisia across these various systems and projects, and then provides …
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