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This study examines the role of subsidies in explaining the obvious and injurious mismatch between fishing effort and biological production capacity. It uses the definitions and methodology of the WTO on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of 1994 in defining the nature and size of subsidies...
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Hydropower and irrigation projects involving reservoirs can displace thousands of people from their traditional lands and deprive them of their livelihoods. If poorly planned, they can also lead to environmental degradation. Solutions to these problems must be found--solutions that are...
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The Palestinian health system suffers from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the disease burden is attributable to NCD, particularly cancers, diabetes,...
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This note attempts to identify the factors associated with differences in overall school performance and efficiency. It …
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The report summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency analysis to support Senegal's national HIV response … Government requested the World Bank to conduct this allocative efficiency analysis, using the Optima mathematical model …
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In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria (GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews (RS) to improve the efficiency and … from the World Bank. Such support was intended to identify spending pressures and potential efficiency and effectiveness … savings derived from efficiency gains for additional priority spending on waste management. A secondary objective is for this …
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This report, the full PER, aims to undertake a detailed analysis of the recent trends in publicexpenditures and revenue with a view to helping Mongolia's policy makers and opinion leaders identify the main priorities for a successful implementation of its ongoing recovery program. It also...
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. Fiscal policy has been counter-cyclical and progressive but has had a limited impact on economic growth. Spending efficiency … is a key area of concern. Expenditure efficiency in areas such as infrastructure, road transport, health, and education … are significantly behind the global efficiency frontier. The fiscal implications associated with the policy proposals in …
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series of policy reforms to unleash the potential of the private sector. It also needs to improve the efficiency of SOEs in …
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