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Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse …
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Bolivia is a country with a vast geographical diversity, from a high plateau (altiplano) that reaches 3,000 meters … above sea level to valleys at mid-altitude and tropical plains. During the last decade, the magnitude of Bolivia's weather …
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This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years.The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis...
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Bolivia has achieved significant improvements in its reproductive health indicators in recent years. Yet the country … after Haiti. Bolivia's indigenous women are particularly vulnerable to death from complications related to pregnancy … experiential knowledge in these communities in Bolivia and gain insights into supply- and demand-side barriers that keep women away …
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The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in … consolidating this progress. The SCD begins, in Chapter two, with a presentation of four characteristics that make Bolivia special …
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Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons … jobs on and off of the farm, and better nutrition for all. Third, because agricultural growth in Bolivia has proven to be …
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The Bolivian economy is gradually recovering from the pandemic-induced recession. La Paz Municipality primary balance has fluctuated near balance as this municipality managed to cushion the decline in hydrocarbon revenues and the pandemic. The DeMPA assessment for the Autonomous Municipal...
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telecommunications sector remains dominated by a small number of companies. In addition, the antimonopoly policy is perceived to be weak … bottlenecks affecting the telecommunications sector, as well as key pro-competition reforms that could improve the regulatory … landscape. Due to its inherent characteristics, the telecommunications markets, fixed, mobile and internet, in DR are …
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The Telecommunications Sector Assessment Note in the Palestinian territories is a knowledge product prepared by the … World Bank in response to a specific request from the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology … (MTIT) to assess the performance of the telecommunications sector, identify specific issues and make recommendations for …
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Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed...
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