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In China, changing demographics, rising incomes and shifting consumer preferences have resulted in an ever … others, 2014). The growing number of consumers in China, that are increasingly more affluent and educated, will continue … countries to increase their agricultural exports to China. As China places an important role on meeting its growing food needs …
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thus less dependent on China's BRI overland corridors for trade, investment and growth. Nevertheless, the Georgian … government is investing in the one BRI corridor China, Europe route that passes through the Caucuses, partly because it provides … a faster route to China. The potential for larger volume of Chinese transit cargo on this route may also be attractive …
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Armenia is a small land-locked mountainous country with relatively difficult access to regional and global markets. The borders with Azerbaijan in the east and with Turkey in the southwest and west are closed. Only the borders with Georgia in the north and Iran in the south are open for trade...
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Uzbekistan is a resource-rich country with a relatively young population of 33 million, the largest in Central Asia. It is also a geographic pivot for the region, bordering all other Central Asian countries and Afghanistan, with transit connections in all directions. As a double landlocked...
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: importing goods through both formal and informal trade systems, mainly from China, and re-exporting (in few cases with some …
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Tajikistan is the poorest country in the region despite strong growth for nearly two decades; sustaining growth in future will need substantially higher growth in private investment and exports. Its per capita income (GNI) is close to USD 1,000 but nearly a third of its population, of around 9...
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Kazakhstan is an upper-middle income, resource rich country. Its ascent to upper-middle income status was propelled by rising oil production and booming oil prices which pushed the average annual rate to above 7 percent during 2000-2013. The halving of world oil prices and lower export demand...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Mongolia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Mongolia 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 Mongolia on 1) their views regarding the …
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The objective of this PEFA assessment is to provide the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and its development partners with … (i) provides a clear and updated picture of Mongolia's public finance systems and (ii) measures PFM systems, processes …
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Mongolia's vast steppe plains and deserts experience about 250 sunny days every year, leading to the country commonly … rates in the world in Mongolia and other shifts in climate dynamics are already strongly impacting on lives and livelihoods …. This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Mongolia. This includes rapid onset and long …
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