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SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA.
ZYMELMAN, M. - World Bank Group - 1990
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Repuplic of Liberia From Growth to Development : Priorities for Sustainably Reducing Poverty and Achieving Middle-Income Status by 2030
World Bank Group - 2018
Liberia's status as a fragile state is deeply rooted in the political and economic exclusion practiced by the country's founders. Although they constituted just 5 percent of the population, freed American slaves and their descendants dominated the country's intellectual and ruling class from...
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Bhutan Development Report, January 2019 : A Path to Inclusive and Sustainable Development
World Bank Group - 2019
Bhutan has a strong track record of reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, primarilysupported by the state, which has played a large role in the country's development accomplishments.Growth has been driven mainly by the public sector through hydropower development. Statedominance is...
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Somalia Country Economic Memorandum : Towards an Inclusive Jobs Agenda
World Bank Group - 2021
Somalia has a triple challenge of low levels of labor force participation, low productivity, and high levels of poverty. Economic growth in Somalia has been low, subject to shocks; and thus, insufficient for job creation. Shocks to the economy have contributed to forced displacement, a dominance...
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Nepal Development Update, April 2021 : Harnessing Export Potential for a Green, Inclusive, and Resilient Recovery
World Bank Group - 2021
Nepal has been hit hard by COVID-19, although the situation has improved more recently. As the outbreak became widespread in mid-2020, a nationwide lockdown was implemented from March to July in 2020, followed by localized lockdowns, including in the Kathmandu Valley up until mid-September....
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The Big Push for Transformation through Climate and Development : Recommendations of the High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth
World Bank Group - 2023
This report makes the case for a big investment push for EMDEs' sustainable recovery and development, assesses the magnitude and composition of such investment, presents actions needed for an energy transition, looks at the role that innovations and state capacity can play in facilitating GRID,...
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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2022 : Harnessing the Oil Windfall for Sustainable Growth
World Bank Group - 2022
Iraq's economy is gradually emerging from the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the plunge in oil prices in 2020. Higher oil revenues pushed Iraq's overall fiscal and external balances into a surplus in 2021. The turnaround in oil markets has significantly improved Iraq's economic...
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China Economic Update, June 2023 : Sustaining Growth through the Recovery and Beyond
World Bank Group - 2023
Economic activity bounced back in Q1 2023 with the removal of mobility restrictions and a surge in spending on services. However, growth momentum has slowed since April, indicating that China's recovery remains fragile and dependent on policy support. China's GDP growth is projected to rise to a...
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Jamaica - Systematic Country Diagnostic : Boosting Recovery and Sustainable Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2022
This first Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) for Jamaica comes at a pivotal time. The country is seeking a return to the pre-COVID-19 path of fiscal consolidation amid a slow COVID vaccine roll-out, high inflationary pressures, and persistent structural constraints to growth.1 COVID-19 laid...
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Debt Management Performance Assessment Methodology : 2021 Edition
World Bank Group - 2021
a comprehensive set of indicators that span the full range of government debt management (DM) functions. Launched in … 2007, revised in 2015, the indicators have become an internationally recognized standard in the government DM field and can … Financial Accountability (PEFA) indicators, however, it uses a more comprehensive set of indicators, spanning the full range of …
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