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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the most unequal region in the world. While there has been some progress in recent years, inequality has remained almost stagnant in the most unequal countries. Using an innovative framework, this report provides a systematic and comprehensive...
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This Basic Education Public Expenditure Review (PER) was performed at the request of the GoB to assess fiscal expenditure in education and provide recommendations that could improve the performance of the country's school system. More specifically, the PER assessed the adequacyand sustainability...
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Botswana has been one of the worlds fastest growing economies over the past 50 years, allowing the country to move from … out of poverty. While Botswana is rightly praised for its management of resource wealth, it is apparent that the high … which drove the development success of Botswana over the past half century are being eroded or face risks. In this context …
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This report analyzes the Identity Management System of the Republic of Botswana with respect to 1) accessibility, 2 …, operationalization and management of identity management as a comprehensive system. Botswana has a single foundational Identity … such as passports, driver's licenses and voter registration cards. The Botswana National Identity System is facilitated by …
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The Botswana Mining Investment and Governance Review (MInGov) collects and shares information on mining sector …
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digital indicators, Botswana fares similarly or better than regional neighbors, but is lagging behind global peers with the … same income levels, illustrating the potential to enhance performance. The digital economy in Botswana rests on several …
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Climate and greenhouse gas (GHG) scenarios have typically paid scant attention to the metal implications necessary to realize a low/zero carbon future. The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change indicates a global resolve to embark on development patterns that would significantly be less GHG...
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This engagement note provides a snapshot of financial development in the countries of the GulfCooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and identifies key areas of the financial sector reform agenda where the World Bank Group (WBG)...
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Banking financial intermediation relative to the economy is low and declining. The depthof the Romanian banking sector is lagging both in terms of deposit and loan penetration. Cross-cutting factors such as poverty, rurality and informality form a set of constraints that still persist affecting...
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Iraq's economy continued its recovery after the sharp, pandemic-induced recession in 2020 but growth constraints in the oil sector have reemerged. After moderating in 2022, consumer price inflation ticked up in early 2023, fueled by the depreciation of the Iraqi dinar in the parallel market....
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