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Selecting Development Projects for the World Bank.
Baneth, J. - World Bank Group - 1996
the World Bank. …
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Non-Communicable Disease Burden in the Western Province, Sri Lanka
World Bank Group - 2017
With its impressive maternal and child health outcomes and control of communicable diseases, Sri Lanka is often depicted as a success story. The primary objectives of this study are to examine the prevalence and distribution of non-communicable disease (NCDs) and risk factors across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645633
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Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
World Bank Group - 2019
Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population growth. Investing in girls' education and reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646738
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Taking Stock, July 2020 : What Will Be the New Normal for Vietnam? The Economic Impact of COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
government manages the exit of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the country will operate in a world with a great deal of domestic … fiscal policy. Yet, by being ahead of the curve, Vietnam has a unique opportunity to increase its footprint in the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647403
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644298
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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Shocks to Education and Policy Responses
World Bank Group - 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …
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Accelerating and Innovating Climate Action : A Retrospective of the World Bank's Experience with Select Climate and Carbon Trust Funds
World Bank Group - 2020
This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an … finance, with a focus on the pioneering role of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and World Bank carbon funds in spurring … climate change mitigation activities, this report draws lessons and recommendations on how the World Bank and the wider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647409
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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines : First Insights from the Assessment Rollout
World Bank Group - 2021
availability of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19, the World Bank together with WHO, UNICEF, the Global Fund, and Gavi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012521843
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The World Bank Group's Early Support to Addressing the COVID-19 Economic Response, April 2020 - June 2021 : An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank Group - 2023
In the face of the global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Bank delivered the …
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Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) Report : Mw 7.8 Turkiye-Syria Earthquake - Assessment of the Impact on Syria (Results as of February 20, 2023)
World Bank Group - 2023
, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote, desk-based assessment of the physical damages in Syria using the Global RApid … post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology. The objective of the assessment is to develop a model-based estimate …
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