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Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure. The Challenge of Southern and Eastern Africa.
Donaldson, D.J.; Sader, F.; Wagle, D.M. - World Bank Group - 1997
Many developing countries have made dramatic progress in promoting private sector participation in their infrastructure sectors, especially with the help of foreign investors. However, this has not been the case in Southern and Eastern Africa, which have been perceived as relatively unattractive...
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Columbia's Pension Reform. Fiscal and Macroeconomic Effects.
Schmidt-Hebbel, K. - World Bank Group - 1995
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Cost Sharing in the Social Sectors of Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on the Poor.
Adams, A.V.; Hartnett, T. - World Bank Group - 1996
This study reviews the African Region of the World Bank's current thinking on cost sharing and the poor as apllied in Sub-Saharan Africa. It inventories country experiences and Bank activities in cost sharing for education and health, reviews African experiences with the implementation of cost...
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Social Assistance in Albania. Decentralization and Targeted Transfers
Alderman, H. - World Bank Group - 1998
Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20 % of its population through a system that allows a degree of community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates the poverty targeting of this program. It indicates that relative to other safety net programs...
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Cabo Verde Economic Update, April 2021 : Rebounding from the Crisis; Restoring Fiscal Sustainability and Leveraging the Private Sector for a more Resilient and Sustainable Recovery
World Bank Group - 2021
The objective of this report is to provide an update to the Government of Cabo Verde, think-tanks and researchers, and the public on the state of the Cabo Verde economy and its outlook, together with the structural reforms required to strengthen the foundations for private sector-led recovery...
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Uganda Economic Update, 17th Edition, June 2021 : From Crisis to Green Resilient Growth - Investing in Sustainable Land Management and Climate Smart Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2021
The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP growth is estimated to reach above 3 percent during FY21, following the modest recovery of 0.7 percent in the first half of...
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Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
World Bank Group - 2020
Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world's...
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Strengthening Sustainability in the Steel Industry
World Bank Group - 2020
customers are increasingly pushing steelmakers to increase their sustainability by pursuing decarbonization pathways. To speed …
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Burkina Faso : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update
World Bank Group - 2019
This joint World Bank/IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) has been prepared in the context of the 2018 Article IV … thresholds. External risk of debt distress in Burkina Faso remains moderate. All external debt indicators remain below the … Burkina Faso is assessed as having a moderate risk of public debt distress, as the external debt risk rating is moderate …
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Cambodia : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update
World Bank Group - 2019
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) using the revised joint IMF/WB Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income … Countries (LIC-DSF) shows that Cambodia remains at low risk of external debt distress. All debt burden indicators are projected … to remain under their indicative thresholds under the baseline and the shock scenarios. While the overall risk of debt …
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