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Sectoral Approach to the Drivers of Productivity Growth in Poland : A Firm-Level Perspective on Technology Adoption and Firm Capabilities
World Bank Group - 2022
productivity improvements historically have been driven primarily by capital-intensive investment, which often involves sector …
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Drivers of Productivity Growth in Poland : A Firm-Level Perspective on Technology Adoption and Firm Capabilities
World Bank Group - 2022
Poland. Second, chapter 2 provides key insights from the results by linking technology adoption with productivity, managerial … Sectoral approach to the drivers of productivity growth in Polish sectors. A firm-level perspective on technology adoption and … in Poland that describes the role that the service sector can play in spurring productivity growth …
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Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
World Bank Group - 2021
It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development...
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Sri Lanka Poverty Update : Background Report to Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
driven by gains in labor productivity, though most of the productivity growth came from increases in within …-sector productivity rather than from reallocation effects. This implies that most of the labor movement occurred from agriculture toward … other sectors with low productivity. Agriculture did not contribute to poverty reduction as it had in the previous decade …
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A Roadmap for Countries Measuring Multidimensional Poverty
World Bank Group - 2021
Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of well-being might not be fully captured through monetary measures alone. Multidimensional poverty...
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Getting Down to Earth : Are Satellites Reliable for Measuring Air Pollutants That Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
World Bank Group - 2022
unreliable. Limited local expertise in air-quality measurement presents additional challenges. These shortcomings can undermine a …
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Measuring Rural Access : Using New Technologies
World Bank Group - 2016
Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, the vast majority of farmers are still disconnected from local, regional, and global markets. To reduce poverty and support inclusive...
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Zanzibar Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2017
Zanzibar recorded an important decline in urban poverty, while rural poverty did not change, and poverty increased on the island of Pemba Basic needs poverty and extreme poverty both declined by 4.5 and 1 percentage points, respectively, at the national level in Zanzibar since 2010. Consumption...
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Developing Gender-Disaggregated Poverty Small Area Estimates : Technical Report
World Bank Group - 2019
Small area estimates of poverty and inequality statistics, through survey-to-census imputation that lets consumption be estimated for each and every household in a census, are useful for at least three reasons. First, they can help improve the effectiveness of public spending, by targeting to...
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Measuring Rural Access : Update 2017/18
World Bank Group - 2019
Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, most people are still not connected to local, regional, or global markets. Such rural accessibility is crucial to reduce poverty and...
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