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Antitrust and Digital Platforms : An Analysis of Global Patterns and Approaches by Competition Authorities

World Bank Group - 2021

challenges to competition law and its enforcement. This work aims to support this process by building an understanding of the … experiences of competition authorities in deciding on competition enforcement cases in the digital economy. This note analyzes the … global digital antitrust database of the markets, competition, and technology unit (the MCT DAD or the database) and provides …

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Operation and Maintenance Strategies for Hydropower : Handbook for Practitioners and Decision Makers

World Bank Group - 2020

The Handbook for practitioners and decision makers seeks to raise awareness among utility managers, decision makers …

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Gender Assessment in Benin : Women's Participation in Economic Opportunities and Decision-Making

World Bank Group - 2021

Gender equality is important for development-it matters not only for women and girls, and boys and men but also for communities and societies-for poverty reduction and economic growth. This assessment report provides an in-depth description of the gaps between women and men in Benin regarding...

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Estimate of Revenue Foregone on Customs Duty in Bangladesh

World Bank Group - 2018

This note is a preliminary estimate of the revenue foregone under customs duty because of the various exemptions provided on imports. The estimates are intended as an input into the policy process that seeks to balance revenue raising measures, trade and tariff policy, and competitiveness. The...

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Developing Gender-Disaggregated Poverty Small Area Estimates : Technical Report

World Bank Group - 2019

Small area estimates of poverty and inequality statistics, through survey-to-census imputation that lets consumption be estimated for each and every household in a census, are useful for at least three reasons. First, they can help improve the effectiveness of public spending, by targeting to...

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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2021 : Competition and Firm Recovery post COVID-19

World Bank Group - 2021

Although global economic activity is recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a challenge in the region. Enterprise survey data for the emerging and developing countries in the region show that COVID-19 had a profound and...

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Dominican Republic : Leveraging Competition in the Telecom Sector to Accelerate Economic Growth

World Bank Group - 2021

Limited competition hinders the optimal use of telecommunication services in the Dominican Republic, which lags peer … countries in mobile subscriptions and internet penetration. Despite recent reforms designed to enhance competition, the … Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Toolkit (MCPAT), this policy note provides a brief overview of key …

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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook

World Bank Group - 2016

This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...

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Enhancing Competition Conditions and Competitiveness of Philippine Domestic Shipping

World Bank Group - 2014

enhance competition in the delivery of domestic shipping services, this assessment has therefore focused particularly on …

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Gaining Momentum in Peruvian Agriculture : Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Enhance Competitiveness

World Bank Group - 2017

What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru's agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy has grown and urbanized. Economic activity in the sector has continued to grow, but economic...

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