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Regional Development in the South of Mexico : Infrastructure for Growth and Poverty Alleviation
World Bank Group - 2002
This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here through its impact on social as well as economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644927
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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa
World Bank Group - 2020
Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644260
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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
World Bank Group - 2017
Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645345
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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy
World Bank Group - 2018
Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645431
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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations
World Bank Group - 2019
On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646252
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Mind the Rural Investment Gap : Disparities in Access to Basic Infrastructure and Directions for Mozambique's Public Investment Program
World Bank Group - 2019
Against the backdrop of increasing income inequality, this report uses spatial analysis to assesses whether disparities in access to basic infrastructure between Mozambique's lagging and leading regions are growing or declining and whether the public expenditure program is effective in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646847
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Mexico
World Bank Group - 2014
The Country Opinion Survey in Mexico assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Mexico perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Mexico on 1) their views regarding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564620
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Remote Sensing of Water Quality in the Valle de Bravo Reservoir, Mexico
World Bank Group - 2020
This case study assessed ongoing initiatives to address surface water pollution issues in Mexico, working in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012700782
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Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Identity, and Poverty in Mexico Urban Profile : An Exploratory Study
World Bank Group - 2001
on the current situation of urban indigenous populations in Mexico. This study analyzes the situation of five indigenous … ethnic groups in three urban centers of Mexico: (a) the Mazahuas, Otomis, and Triquis in Mexico City; (b) the Mayas in Cancun …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603536
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FY 2020 Mexico Country Opinion Survey Report
World Bank Group - 2020
The Country Opinion Survey in Mexico assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Mexico perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Mexico on 1) their views regarding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255262