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Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a … new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends …
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alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …
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the world's highest levels of exposure to floods and extreme heat. However, building climate resilience also offers an … accelerated decarbonization and changing consumption and production patterns in the rest of the world. With the right policy …
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Like most countries in the world, Vietnam is increasingly seeing its development affected by climate change. With a … climate change around the world. Vietnam has historically had very low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but over the past two … decades, it has seen some of the fastest emissions growth rates in the world. From 2000 to 2015, as GDP per capita increased …
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and less predictable, and sea levels rise. This World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) shows …
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the world's highest levels of exposure to floods and extreme heat. However, building climate resilience also offers an … accelerated decarbonization and changing consumption and production patterns in the rest of the world. With the right policy …
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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment …. The report finds that world trade will drop by 1 percent, lowering global GDP by 0.7 percent and GDP of low …
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Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) analyze the most critical constraints and opportunities to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened since then, so this SCD Update takes advantage of a...
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