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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 … to be applicable to most, if not all, resource-efficiency issues and incentives. However, it has a particular focus on …) why incentives should be used; (ii) the kinds of incentives that are available; (iii) how incentives can be combined; (iv …

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Impact Evaluation on Improving Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Demand in Malawi through the Use of Incentives

World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2017

This report presents an impact evaluation assessing the effect of incentives on improving the uptake of Voluntary … Commission of Malawi and implemented from December 2015 to April 2016. The primary research question was whether incentives can … increase VMMC uptake among in-school and out-of-school males aged 10-34. Collective incentives (e.g. whiteboards, football …

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Azerbaijan

World Bank Group - 2021

This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Azerbaijan. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods, and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Georgia

World Bank Group - 2021

Georgia is located in the South Caucasus region, sharing land borders with Russia to the north, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the east. Over the past two decades, Georgia has experienced significant economic change, urbanization, and displaced populations (due...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Afghanistan

World Bank Group - 2021

Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an …

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Cambodia

World Bank Group - 2021

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented adverse social and economic impacts. Further, the pandemic has demonstrated the compounding impacts of adding yet another shock on top of the multiple challenges that vulnerable populations already face in day-to-day life, with...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Indonesia

World Bank Group - 2021

The Republic of Indonesia, herein Indonesia, is the world's largest archipelagic state, consisting of more than 17,500 islands with over 81,000 kilometres (km) of coastline, a population of 270.6 million as of 2019 and the largest economy in Southeast Asia. Indonesia is highly vulnerable to...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Kazakhstan

World Bank Group - 2021

The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, the country shares borders with the Russian Federation to the north, China to the east, and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic to the south. The Caspian Sea forms a natural boundary to the west. Kazakhstan contains...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : Kyrgyz Republic

World Bank Group - 2021

The Kyrgyz Republic is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest, and China to the east. A wide variety of natural hazards also affect the Kyrgyz Republic. Earthquakes are common and have led to loss of life and significant damage to infrastructure...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : China

World Bank Group - 2021

Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an …

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