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In 2015 and 2016, migrant flows into the European Union (EU) surged, with Greece and Italy the main entry points. Many of the migrants applied for international protection in Europe, becoming asylum seekers. This spike in EU asylum seekers, as well as the increasing numbers of those granted...
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The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban … from the development experience of Kyoto City, the imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years and home to 14 … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …
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The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and remains fairly limited, with less than 10...
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This Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program for nine Pacific island …
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This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the World Bank and the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF) in … Turkey. In 2013, the GDF requested that the World Bank help update their 5-year Forest Sector Strategy (2017-2021), and …
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The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this...
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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