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Building Human Capital : Lessons from Country Experiences; Ireland
World Bank Group - 2021
Over the last sixty years, Ireland has experienced profound economic, social, technological, occupational, cultural … transformation and has been a central component of Ireland's human capital development. Ireland's journey towards prosperity has not … the story of Ireland's remarkable economic and social transformations since the 1960s, with a focus on the contribution …
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Financing Peace : Fiscal Challenges and Implications for a Post-Settlement Afghanistan
World Bank Group - 2019
The international community is currently planning for a potential political settlement in Afghanistan. Negotiations may bring opportunities for significant reductions in violence. Government and development partners are considering how to support, consolidate, and sustain any reduction in...
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Uganda Oil Revenue Management : Closing Gaps in the Fiscal and Savings Frameworks to Maximize Benefits
World Bank Group - 2020
After Uganda enjoyed two decades of strong growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s and early 2000s, its economy slowed down, and social progress decelerated amid a steady increase of the population. Several constraints continue to undermine progress and social and economic transformation in...
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New Approaches to Closing the Fiscal Gap
World Bank Group - 2022
As the COVID+?19 crisis recedes, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is back to work and looking forward. Reported deaths related to the pandemic are low and have plausibly converged to global levels. Yet low vaccination rates in some countries leave them vulnerable to new variants. In most...
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Solomon Islands Public Expenditure Review : Fiscal Reform and the Path to Debt Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2022
A Public Expenditure Review (PER) is a diagnostic instrument to analyze public expenditures and revenues, support policy dialogue with government, and inform engagement with other stakeholders. During November 2021 and July 2022, a PER was conducted for Solomon Islands, titled Euro Fiscal reform...
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Uganda - Public Expenditure Review 2022-23 : Module I - Identifying Broad Macro-Fiscal Options for an Effective and Sustainable Fiscal Adjustment
World Bank Group - 2024
This module of the Public Expenditure Review (PER) sought to identify options for an effective and sustainable fiscal adjustment by considering key macroeconomic variables, fiscal policy priorities, spending trends, and Uganda's overall development needs. It has, therefore, detailed Uganda's...
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Uganda - Public Expenditure Review 2022-23 : Summary Report - Identifying Options for an Effective and Sustainable Fiscal Adjustment
World Bank Group - 2024
This public expenditure review (PER) 2022-2023 identifies options for an effective, sustainable, and inclusive fiscal adjustment. It therefore details Uganda's macro-fiscal challenges and government's current fiscal policy stance in relation to both the short-term shocks and longer-term...
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Armenia Economic Update, Spring 2015
World Bank Group - 2015
Armenias economic growth remained resilient in 2014. Output expansion slowed to 3.4 percent in 2014, relative to 3.5 percent in the previous year. On the supply side, while services particularly transport and telecoms), agriculture, and manufacturing performed well, construction, mining, and...
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World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, Spring 2020 : Preparedness and Vulnerabilities/ Global Reverberations of COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
Growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific region slowed sharply in 2020Q1 because of the negative impact of the Covid-19 on economic activity. The decline has been broad-based reflecting the interconnectedness of the EAP economies and reverberations from the global economy as the virus...
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Indonesia Economic Quarterly, September 2009 : Clearing Skies
World Bank Group - 2009
In the first half of 2009, Indonesia's economy has established a solid recovery from late last year. Quarterly growth has accelerated since the start of 2009, after stalling in the final quarter of 2008, although the year-on-year growth rate has continued to slow, recording 4.0 per cent in the...
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