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Guide for task teams on procurement procedures used in social funds

Cavera Uriona, Jorge A. - World Bank Group - 2001

Since the creation of the first Social fund 14 years ago in Bolivia, these funds have been developed in more than 40 countries around the world. Over time they have diversified as well to serve as a very useful instrument for human development. The recommendations in this study are based on an...

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Australia's mandatory retirement saving policy : a view from the new millennium

Bateman, Hazel; Piggott, John - World Bank Group - 2001

Formal retirement income provision in Australia, can be traced back to occupational schemes first offered by banks, and state governments in the nineteenth century. However, the year 1909 marks the beginning of a national retirement income policy, with the introduction of means-tested age...

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Rwanda Economic Update, June 2021 : The Role of the Private Sectorin Closing the Infrastructure Gap

World Bank Group - 2021

The Rwanda Economic Update (REU) analyzes recent economic developments and prospects, as well as Rwanda's policy priorities. The REU is intended for a wide audience of policymakers, business leaders, other market participants, analysts of Rwanda's economy, and civil society. It draws on data...

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What's Holding Back the Private Sector in MENA? : Lessons from the Enterprise Survey

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - 2016

The formal private sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies needs to play a critical role for the overall economic transformation of the region. Creating a conducive environment for private sector development depends on a sound understanding of the performance of private...

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Private Sector Economic Impacts from Identification Systems

World Bank Group - 2018

Identification systems are a core component of sustainable development policies in countries with diverse economic, demographic, and political contexts. The role of digital identification systems in the private sector is equally large. The efficient, accurate, and secure use of personal identity...

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Private Health Policy Toolkit for Africa : Tools for Engaging the Private Health Sector

World Bank Group - 2013

There is growing recognition that the private health sector is a significant source of health care in most African countries. According to "Healthy Partnerships: How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health in Africa" (2010), the private sector share of total health...

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The State Holding Company; Issues and Options.

Kumar, A. - World Bank Group - 1992

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The African Regional Weather Enterprise : Current Private Sector Landscape

World Bank Group - 2023

This study focuses on the role of the private sector in the development and delivery of hydrological and meteorological (hydromet) and early warning services (EWS) in Sub-Saharan Africa within the current landscape of the Africa Regional Weather Enterprise (ARWE). The study begins with a global...

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Case-by-Case Privatization in the Russian Federation. Lessons from International Experience

Broadman, H.G. - World Bank Group - 1998

-by-Case Privatization: Lessons for the Russian Federation" that was held in ST.Petersburg, Russia in July 1997. Against the backdrop of … Russia's mass voucher privatization initiative in 1993-94 and the more recent controversial "loans-for-shares" program, the … workshop took place soon after the Russian authorities announced that a case-by-case privatization program would start. …

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Financing private Infrastructure in Developing Countries

Ferreira, D.; Khatami, K. - World Bank Group - 1996

Chapter 1 of this paper argues that punlic sector resources in developing countries are insufficient to finance demand for investment in increasingly integrated infrastructure services. Chapter 2 discusses the role of reforms in public enterprises providing infrastructure services. Chapter 3...

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