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The Country Opinion Survey in Russia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Russia 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 Russia on: 1) their views regarding the …
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Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when … and even lower population densities than Russia, a large share of their populations live near the border or the sea. In … contrast, Russia's people are more dispersed inland. Moreover, the populations of Australia and Canada are concentrated in …
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cross-border investment. For example, according to the recent World Bank report (World Bank, 2019), Belt and Road Initiative …
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potential development effect of these disruptive technologies and proposes a role for the World Bank Group in leveraging these …
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While Mongolia's economy is starting to slow from its brisk pace of recent years, the medium-term growth outlook remains firmly positive. The strong economic recovery since 2017 has been underpinned by impressive fiscal outcomes, better coordination of macroeconomic policy, favorable global...
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The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have articulated a vision for sustainable economic development that highlights the need to diversify the productive base to reduce dependence on the hydrocarbon sector and create more employment opportunities for their young and growing...
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The main objective of this toolkit is to provide technical advice and guidance to World Bank Group staff, donor …
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The current downturn in commodity prices provides an opportunity for Indonesia to shift away from its dependence on commodity-driven growth towards higher value-added activities in manufacturing and services. However, Indonesia faces both global and structural challenges in making this...
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This report discusses Poland's experience along five dimensions. These five dimensions - a pentagon of policies and institutions are governing, sustaining, connecting, growing, and including. The main lessons from Poland and the key insights for its future, based on this pentagon, are presented...
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