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sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities. The report reviews the existing literature, highlights … key barriers in scaling-up private investment in climate-smart urban infrastructure, and showcases innovative financial de … chapter reviews and provides a framework to examine the interconnected layers of investment barriers specific to private …
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The Kenyan economy rebounded in 2018 and economic activity in the first quarter of 2019 was healthy, although emerging drought conditions could curtail GDP growth for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded by 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of 2018 compared to 4.7 percent during...
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of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition. Despite downside risks, South Africa … has strong macroeconomic fundamentals and commitment to improving the overall investment climate. Climate change poses … macro investment climate. Implement carbon tax effectively and raise policy ambition, supported by a fiscal framework …
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Egypt has considerable potential to become a regional trade hub. A key challenge is how to leverage this potential to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth that benefits the country's population at large. In alignment with Egypt's decision to expand the Upper Egypt Local Development Program...
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This paper presents a rapid private health sector assessment for Karnataka. Karnataka is a middle-tier Indian state with most state-wide health indicators mirroring those for the nation as a whole. In addition to these health statistics, more than half of Karnataka's children suffer from...
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There is little current information available on private health facilities in Bihar. Government has little to do with the private sector and no recent attempts have been made to survey the private formal or informal sectors. However, we know that the private sector is the dominant force in...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate non-traditional means to raise additional private financing for the upgrade and maintenance of developing countries' road networks. To achieve this goal, it combines an in-depth review of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries' road funds' (RF) performance...
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Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank (WB), have collaborated on a joint …
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legislative changes could improve the investment climate at national and county levels …
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