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East Asia Update, April 2005 : East Asia's Dollar Influx - Signal for Change
World Bank Group - 2005
Economic growth in Emerging East Asia reached a cyclical peak of 7.2 percent in 2004 from which it is expected to slow only moderately to about 6 percent in 2005 and 2006. The tragic tsunami disaster, while it had a horrendous impact in terms of loss of life, is expected to have only a limited...
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Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2020
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission. It produces comparable price and volume measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure aggregates across...
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Residential Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan : Targeting, Welfare Impacts, and Options for Reform
World Bank Group - 2017
This report examines the system of residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and explores how it can be improved to better assist households within the existing political and budgetary constraints. The report is multi-disciplinary in nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of...
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Armenia International Outmigration : An Exploration on the Effects on Armenian Households' Welfare
World Bank Group - 2019
This report analyzes issues related to international migration in Armenia and its impact on Armenian households' welfare. The report uses microdata coming from two recent household surveys, the 2017 Russian-Armenian University survey, a nationally-representative household focused on...
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Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka
World Bank Group - 2020
Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of the work force informally employed. There are generally three reasons to be concerned about high informality: poverty, productivity and public finance. This report focuses on the...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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Using Behavioral Science in Communication Outreach to Increase Female Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico
World Bank Group - 2022
While a range of public programs in Mexico exist to incentivize communities to conserve and manage forest natural … behaviorally informed additional outreach and engagement measures for NRM programs in Mexico. This report summarizes the findings …
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