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This note looks at the experience countries have had in introducing reforms that improved the business environment. Instead of examining what was done (that is, the content of reforms), the focus is placed on how reform programs came to be successful. The note aims to provide an overview of...
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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Liberia had an estimated 4.3 million hectares of forests in 2011, comprising approximately 50 percent of Liberia’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush meat, medicines, construction materials, and...
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being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …
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challenges remain. The global COVID-19 outbreak is impacting economies around the world, including Tajikistan, in an … Tajikistan national sources, the World Bank, development partners and others. It is oriented towards key strategic objectives of … the World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy for the period of FY17-FY23 with relevance for the Tajikistan context …
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Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide important revenue to the country. Overall, most of the labor force is employed in a low productivity and shock prone rainfed agricultural...
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triggered by the financial crisis that has unfolded over the past two years has not spared the developing world. Yet, the … developing world. As a result, FDI to developing countries is expected to recover over the medium term. Investors from the …
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