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Unlocking Private Sector Investment for Low-Carbon Transition in South Africa : Assessing Investment Climate for Climate Investments
World Bank Group - 2019
of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition. Despite downside risks, South Africa … has strong macroeconomic fundamentals and commitment to improving the overall investment climate. Climate change poses … macro investment climate. Implement carbon tax effectively and raise policy ambition, supported by a fiscal framework …
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Sierra Leone Public Expenditure Review 2021 : Improving Quality of Public Expenditure in Health
World Bank Group - 2021
Sierra Leone is a low-income, small West African country of approximately 7.65 million population. Over the past decade, the country has made gains on several health indicators, but it faces huge challenges. Infectious diseases remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, but...
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Tunisia Public Expenditure Review : A New Pact for the Transition - Modernizing the State for Better and Fairer Public Spending
World Bank Group - 2020
nine -analyzes the issues of public investment efficiency and SOE performance in the electricity, water, roads, and …
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Carbon Pricing for Climate Action
World Bank Group - 2021
Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be included as part of a broader arsenal of tools to achieve domestic climate targets, but it is not a silver bullet: other policy instruments and investments (for example, public...
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Measuring the Emissions and Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector : Implications for Climate Action
World Bank Group - 2024
Digitalization is increasing rapidly worldwide, requiring more energy, and resulting in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) two thirds of the world's population are now online. Estimates of the internet and communication technology (ICT)...
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Accelerating Paraguay's International Integration through Enhanced Trade, Investment and Competition Policies
World Bank Group - 2022
, investment and competition policies and the quality of related institutions; and provides recommendations for strengthening them …
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State of Underheating in Georgia and Estimation of Associated Economic Costs
World Bank Group - 2021
The objective of the report is to present the state of the underheating in Georgia and to quantify the economic costs of underheating. It presents estimates of the economic benefits of energy efficiency interventions that reduce underheating in Georgia. It also presents an indicative cost of the...
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Opening Opportunities : The Economic Cost of Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurship in Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2023
This report examines the state of female entrepreneurship in Indonesia, outlines major binding constraints and gender gaps, and highlights the untapped potential that could be realized if key barriers were lifted. The report draws on quantitative analysis of household- and firm-level surveys,...
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Timor-Leste Public Expenditure Review : Changing Course Towards Better and More Sustainable Spending
World Bank Group - 2021
This Public Expenditure Review is focused on the quality and sustainability of public spending. The key objective of this Public Expenditure Review (PER) is to assess the quality of public spending, by evaluating its efficiency and effectiveness, while also delving into sustainability...
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Mongolia Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability : Performance Assessment Report 2021
World Bank Group - 2021
The objective of this PEFA assessment is to provide the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and its development partners with an objective, up-to-date diagnostic of the national-level public financial management (PFM) performance based on the latest PEFA methodology. The 2021 PEFA assessment is...
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