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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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Four mutually supportive strategic pillars and related policy priorities would help Kazakhstan continue the structural transformation that stalled during the oil booms, in order to eliminate poverty and build a large and secure middle class: 1. economic management for diversification, to...
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Indonesia has seen tremendous progress in poverty reduction over the past couple of decades and, as a result, has made a successful transition from low-income to middle-income country status. As millions have moved out of poverty and extreme poverty, we have also witnessed the rise of...
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A decade of rapid economic growth has supported upward mobility and the expansion of the middle class in the Philippines. While the Philippines' record of economic growth has been sound, many East Asian countries have performed better, resulting in higher levels of economic mobility and more...
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Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create … Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been momentous, but it is not unique: a similar process has characterized other … countries at similar levels of development. Ghana’s key challenge now is to ensure that urbanization continues to complement …
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-country pilot carried out in Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, and Nigeria. Section 1 of the paper provides the general background within …
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A World Bank Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) team conducted a study in Ghana between September 2016 and March 2017 …. This study has been consolidated in the form of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic Report for Ghana. The Diagnostic Report … in Ghana. This Diagnostic Report recommends a systematic structure for proactively disclosing information through a …
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Ghana has been a rising growth star and a beacon of hope in West Africa. Strong economic growth over the past two …. GDP per capita grew by an average of 3 percent per year over the past two decades, putting Ghana in the top ten fastest … options for Ghana to create enough higher quality jobs through economic transformation. Economic transformation, or inclusive …
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The Country Opinion Survey in Ghana assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Ghana 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 Ghana on 1) their views regarding the …
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In September 2017, Ghana's economy expanded for the fifth successive quarter by 9.3 percent compared to just 4 …
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