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Demographic Transition : Lessons from Bangladesh's Success Story
World Bank Group - 2020
Bangladesh has been a star performer on fertility reduction, reducing its TFR from 6.7 in 1960 to 2.1 in 2017 (i.e. the … Africa, could learn from Bangladesh's experience. In particular, Bangladesh's fertility declines between 1975 and 1990, when … countries striving for similar success in optimizing their population growth. This brief case study documents how Bangladesh …
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Tackling the Demographic Challenge in Uganda
World Bank Group - 2020
At the moment, a child born in Uganda will be only 38 percent as productive when she grows up as she can be if she enjoyed complete education and full health, according to the human capital index (HCI) one of the lowest levels in the world. It will be necessary to ensure that the growing...
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Two Years After : Saving a Generation
World Bank Group - 2022
LAC has endured one of the longest spells of school closures. The region was hit disproportionately hard in health, economic, and educational terms. In the region, an entire generation of students - approximately 170 million - were fully deprived of in-person education for roughly 1 out of 2...
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Generative Artificial Intelligence
World Bank Group - 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been developing rapidly and has attracted significant attention in recent years, with numerous advances and breakthroughs. The generative AI market is expected to grow from 1.5 billion dollars in 2021 to 6.5 billion dollars by 2026 - a compound annual...
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Libya Financial Sector Review
World Bank Group - 2020
The Libya Financial Sector Review represents a snapshot review of the Libyan financial sector which is based on a fact-finding mission to Tripoli, Libya, in January 2019, discussions with leading participants in the financial sector, and desk research. The report is based on the limited...
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Bangladesh Systematic Country Diagnostic, 2021 Update
World Bank Group - 2021
This World Bank Group Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) 2021 Update presents a diagnostic of Bangladesh's growth and …
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Policy Recommendations on Accelerating Inclusive Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh
World Bank Group - 2021
inclusion of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh remains a challenge. To break the cycle of disability exclusion and poverty …
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Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Bangladesh's economy is growing at a healthy pace and macro conditions are strong. Progress in social outcomes in … Bangladesh is inspiring other countries, but deep challenges persist as the pace of poverty reduction slows down. Bangladesh … protection spending and design. Bangladesh is ranked as the most vulnerable country in the world to climate related shocks …
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Understanding Market-Based Solutions and Access to Finance Options for Clean-Cooking Technologies in Bangladesh
World Bank Group - 2021
The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) has been active in Bangladesh since 2012. In 2013, they convened stakeholder … consultations to develop and launch the Bangladesh Country Action Plan for Clean Cookstoves (CAP) led by the Power Division of the … the realignment of CAP 2013 with the new changes and developments in Bangladesh. As a result, a renewed CAP, the National …
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Bangladesh : Systematic Country Diagnostic; 2021 Update
World Bank Group - 2021
This World Bank Group Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) 2021 Update presents a diagnostic of Bangladesh's growth and …
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