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East Asia Update, November 2006 : Managing Through a Global Downturn
World Bank Group - 2006
the World Bank's recent World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation …
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Actionable Regulatory Governance Indicators for UE Regions
World Bank Group - 2018
The European Union's Cohesion Policy is its biggest investment instrument. It supports the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. With a budget of EUROS 351.8 billion for 2014-2020, the Cohesion Policy accounts for around one-third of the EU budget. The Cohesion Policy...
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Benchmarking Public Procurement 2017 : Assessing Public Procurement Regulatory Systems in 180 Economies
World Bank Group - 2016
statistics on the size of public procurement in economies around the world. While data are publicly available for High …-income economies, for the rest of the world, data and studies are scarce. However, public procurement is as important in developing …
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Regulating Alternative Finance : Results from a Global Regulator Survey
World Bank Group - 2019
across the world. The survey identified expanded access to finance for firms and individuals and strengthened competition as …
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Water Supply and Sanitation Policies, Institutions, and Regulation : Adapting to a Changing World - Synthesis Report
World Bank Group - 2022
Policies, institutions, and regulation (PIR) are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs … are higher than ever. PIR needs to be strengthened, adjusted, and scaled up to meet the needs of a changing world. The … World Bank has reviewed the experience of various countries with PIR and has documented its insights in a new report. This …
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Boosting Financial Resilience to Disaster Shocks : Good Practices and New Frontiers
World Bank Group - 2019
Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing number of countries are developing financial...
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Solutions toEnd Poverty ona Livable Planet - Insights from World Bank CountryClimate and Development Reportscovering 42 economies
World Bank Group - 2023
The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature― and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but the …
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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Trade and Investment
World Bank Group - 2022
report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment …. The report finds that world trade will drop by 1 percent, lowering global GDP by 0.7 percent and GDP of low …
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Global Experiences on Expanding Services to the Urban Poor
World Bank Group - 2009
In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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Bhutan's Integration with the Global Economy : International Investment Treaties and Conventions
World Bank Group - 2019
In this context, Bhutan can become wealthier through accelerating both domestic and foreign investment, as well as signing investment treaties. These investments could provide not just capital but also bring necessary skills, knowledge and ideas, and help the country move beyond hydropower....
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