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15 Ways to Support Young Children and Their Families in the COVID-19 Response
World Bank Group - 2020
As the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continues to unfold, young children will be especially vulnerable. World Bank teams can work with client countries to support early childhood development (ECD) by leveraging a range of interventions and mechanisms that will be part of the COVID-19...
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Delivering Road Safety in Bangladesh : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030
World Bank Group - 2020
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Delivering Road Safety in India : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030
World Bank Group - 2020
India has the world's highest reported number of annual road crash fatalities. According to the World Health Organization, road crash fatalities in India account for approximately 11 percent of the estimated 1.35 million global toll each year. Vulnerable road users, primarily pedestrians,...
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Delivering Road Safety in Nepal : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030
World Bank Group - 2020
Road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fi scal year 2017-18, 2,541 road deaths were offi cially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population. In the same period, 4,144 serious injury and...
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Delivering Road Safety in Sri Lanka : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030
World Bank Group - 2020
High road crash fatality and injury rates on Sri Lanka's roads are undermining the economic growth and progress made over the past decade on reducing poverty and boosting prosperity. Estimated annual road crash deaths per capita in Sri Lanka are twice the average rate in high-income countries...
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Breaking Down Barriers : Unlocking Africa's Potential through Vigorous Competition Policy
World Bank Group - 2016
of competition frameworks in Africa and examines competition issues that affect market performance in three important … sectors for Africa's competitiveness: cement, fertilizers, and telecoms. It uses the WBG's Markets and Competition Policy … additional annual gross domestic product growth. While the benefits of competition are clearly observable in Africa, considerable …
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Energizing Africa : Achievements and Lessons from the Africa Renewable Energy and Access Program Phase I
World Bank Group - 2015
people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live without access to electricity: only 35 percent of the population in SSA has access …
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Climate Resilience in Africa : The Role of Cooperation around Transboundary Waters
World Bank Group - 2017
Addressing water-challenges is central to building climate resilience. In Africa, all major waters are transboundary … on a substantial body of empirical evidence from five major basins in Africa - including the Nile, Zambezi, Limpopo, Lake … systemic resilience to climate change in Africa …
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CPIA Africa, July 2018 : Assessing Africa's Policies and Institutions
World Bank Group - 2018
Favorable global economic conditions supported a turnaround in economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, easing …
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Productive Diversification of African Agriculture and Its Effects on Resilience and Nutrition
World Bank Group - 2018
The agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the backbone of national economies, sustaining rural and …-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements in nutrition outcomes and poverty rates.Despite some relative gains …
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