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Trade and Humanitarian Emergencies : A Survey of Trade Policy Issues Affecting Disaster Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
World Bank Group - 2014
The initial hours and days after a humanitarian emergency are generally seen as the most important. Because they affect the rapid deployment of relief to people in need, international trade policies, and the way in which they are implemented, can make an enormous difference to the effectiveness...
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The World Bank Group : learning from the past, embracing the future
World Bank Group - 1994 - 1. print
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2010 world investment and political risk
2010
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Ending Poverty and Hunger by 2030
World Bank Group - 2015
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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Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2015
World Bank Group - 2015
The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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A National Biodiversity Offset Scheme
World Bank Group - 2015
Liberia had an estimated 4.3 million hectares of forests in 2011, comprising approximately 50 percent of Liberia’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush meat, medicines, construction materials, and...
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2014 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance
World Bank Group - 2015
being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …
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Tajikistan Country Gender Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
challenges remain. The global COVID-19 outbreak is impacting economies around the world, including Tajikistan, in an … Tajikistan national sources, the World Bank, development partners and others. It is oriented towards key strategic objectives of … the World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy for the period of FY17-FY23 with relevance for the Tajikistan context …
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Niger Investing in Human Capital, Agricultural Productivity, and Social Protection for Faster Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide important revenue to the country. Overall, most of the labor force is employed in a low productivity and shock prone rainfed agricultural...
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2010 world investment and political risk
2011
triggered by the financial crisis that has unfolded over the past two years has not spared the developing world. Yet, the … developing world. As a result, FDI to developing countries is expected to recover over the medium term. Investors from the …
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