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Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation : x-runner in Lima, Peru

World Bank Group - 2019

This case study examines the container-based sanitation (CBS) service provided by x-runner in the low-income formal/informal settlements in peri-urban Lima. x-runner provides a safe sanitation chain in poor nonsewered neighborhoods in the hills of the outskirts of southwest Lima for a population...

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Czech Republic : Assessment of the SME Policy Mix

World Bank Group - 2019

Czech Republic. It presents an original analysis of all national-level SME-related policy instruments, totaling 93 … compares the SME policy mix to the country needs (see Annex 1 for framework and methodology). The analysis integrates three … interrelated segments: 1) A country needs assessment to determine the national needs for SME policies. The needs assessment …

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Tanzania Economic Update, July 2021 : Transforming Tourism - Toward a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Sector

World Bank Group - 2021

The pandemic severely disrupted economic activity in Tanzania, and the World Bank's latest firm-level data suggest that the situation had only modestly improved by the end of 2020. New data sources show that COVID-19 continues to weigh heavily on employment and income. Data for the first quarter...

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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto

World Bank Group - 2018

The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development, accelerate social integration, and alleviate...

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Demand Analysis for Tourism in African Local Communities

World Bank Group - 2018

This report aims to provide a market overview that describes the main characteristics and size of current and future demand for tourism products delivered by and based in local communities in Africa. If demand is better understood, supply can be better developed and better placed to take...

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WBG Support for Tourism Clients and Destinations During the COVID-19 Crisis

World Bank Group - 2020

WBG support for tourism clients and destinations during the COVID-19 crisis in the form of planning and communication, reducing tax burdens, contamination support, generating alternative revenues, minimizing revenue loss, redeploying assets, and other

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Rebuilding Tourism Competitiveness : Tourism Response, Recovery and Resilience to the COVID-19 Crisis

World Bank Group - 2020

The travel and tourism industry was one of the first sectors to be affected by COVID-19. Since March, the entire value chain that defines the industry - spanning airlines, bus and train companies, cruise lines, hotels, restaurants, attractions, travel agencies, tour operators,online travel...

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Dominican Republic Forest Note : Opportunities for Employment, Tourism, and Energy

World Bank Group - 2020

The objectives of this country forest note (CFN) are to identify and determine how to address key opportunities and challenges for sustainable forestry and forest-smart interventions in the Dominican Republic. Essential questions addressed by the CFN are the importance of forests and how the...

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Blue Tourism in Islands and Small Tourism-Dependent Coastal States : Tools and Recovery Strategies

World Bank Group - 2022

Small island developing states and small tourism-dependent coastal states have been the most gravely impacted by global climate and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crises and are expected to face even greater economic and social challenges in the years to come. While information and...

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South Africa : Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review

World Bank Group - 2021

Despite being an upper middle income country, South Africa's high inequality and the long-lasting legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with numerous development challenges, many of which are characteristic of countries with much lower incomes. This paper focuses on social...

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