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Russia Economic Report, No. 46, December 2021 : Amidst Strong Economic Recovery, Risks Stemming from COVID-19 and Inflation Build
World Bank Group - 2021
Russia saw strong growth in 2021, with momentum weakening late in the year. Growth will slow as Russia battles COVID-19 and elevated inflation. Globally, environmental sustainability is becoming central to the economic agenda. The challenge for Russia is to fundamentally transform its economic...
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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio
World Bank Group - 2023
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Shocks to Education and Policy Responses
World Bank Group - 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …
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Accelerating and Innovating Climate Action : A Retrospective of the World Bank's Experience with Select Climate and Carbon Trust Funds
World Bank Group - 2020
This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an … finance, with a focus on the pioneering role of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and World Bank carbon funds in spurring … climate change mitigation activities, this report draws lessons and recommendations on how the World Bank and the wider …
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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines : First Insights from the Assessment Rollout
World Bank Group - 2021
availability of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19, the World Bank together with WHO, UNICEF, the Global Fund, and Gavi …
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The World Bank Group's Early Support to Addressing the COVID-19 Economic Response, April 2020 - June 2021 : An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank Group - 2023
In the face of the global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Bank delivered the …
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Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) Report : Mw 7.8 Turkiye-Syria Earthquake - Assessment of the Impact on Syria (Results as of February 20, 2023)
World Bank Group - 2023
, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote, desk-based assessment of the physical damages in Syria using the Global RApid …
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The World Bank's Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response : An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank Group - 2022
This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps … Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess … recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank's crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the …
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Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets : An Initial Assessment
World Bank Group - 2016
The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have articulated a vision for sustainable economic development that highlights the need to diversify the productive base to reduce dependence on the hydrocarbon sector and create more employment opportunities for their young and growing...
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