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promote inclusive development or advance the public interest. Property rights were extremely limited, and administrative power … services were largely unavailable outside of a few major cities. This unbalanced development pattern gave rise to vast … the complete collapse of both the state and the economy, derailing Liberia's development and compounding its already …
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, which has played a large role in the country's development accomplishments.Growth has been driven mainly by the public … sector through hydropower development. Statedominance is also reflected in the existence of a large number of state … addition, tax collection at 14 percent of grossdomestic product (GDP) in 2017/18 is low by international standards. The …
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Somalia has a triple challenge of low levels of labor force participation, low productivity, and high levels of poverty. Economic growth in Somalia has been low, subject to shocks; and thus, insufficient for job creation. Shocks to the economy have contributed to forced displacement, a dominance...
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Nepal has been hit hard by COVID-19, although the situation has improved more recently. As the outbreak became widespread in mid-2020, a nationwide lockdown was implemented from March to July in 2020, followed by localized lockdowns, including in the Kathmandu Valley up until mid-September....
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This report makes the case for a big investment push for EMDEs' sustainable recovery and development, assesses the …
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Iraq's economy is gradually emerging from the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the plunge in oil prices in 2020. Higher oil revenues pushed Iraq's overall fiscal and external balances into a surplus in 2021. The turnaround in oil markets has significantly improved Iraq's economic...
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recovery offers an important opportunity for policymakers to refocus their efforts on achieving China's longer-term development …
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This first Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) for Jamaica comes at a pivotal time. The country is seeking a return to the pre-COVID-19 path of fiscal consolidation amid a slow COVID vaccine roll-out, high inflationary pressures, and persistent structural constraints to growth.1 COVID-19 laid...
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Government of Myanmar and its development partners using data from IHLCA-I ("MNPED et al (2007)" methodology); this first measure …
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indicator for the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as "SDG 1.2.2: Proportion of men …
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