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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank Group - 2020

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...

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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

World Bank Group - 2017

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...

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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy

World Bank Group - 2018

Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...

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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations

World Bank Group - 2019

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...

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Mind the Rural Investment Gap : Disparities in Access to Basic Infrastructure and Directions for Mozambique's Public Investment Program

World Bank Group - 2019

Against the backdrop of increasing income inequality, this report uses spatial analysis to assesses whether disparities in access to basic infrastructure between Mozambique's lagging and leading regions are growing or declining and whether the public expenditure program is effective in...

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Metropolitan Governance in Brazil

World Bank Group - 2015

In less than fifty years, Brazil evolved from a predominantly rural society and economy to a highly urbanized country … of the development arena in Brazil; b) reviewing what has been learned about inter-municipal governance and service …

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Metropolitan Governance in Brazil

World Bank Group - 2015

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Enhancing Resilience of Low Income Workers in Brazil : Financial Instruments and Innovations

World Bank Group - 2021

disability with broad coverage, protection against labor income shocks in Brazil remains segmented and largely depends on labor … status and household composition. In 2019, nearly one-third of households in Brazil lived below the Cadastro Unico poverty … financial product and complementary actions that the government of Brazil could adopt to strengthen resilience of families in BF …

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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience : The Case of Sao Paulo, Brazil

World Bank Group - 2021

Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) system. This case focuses on the experience of Sao Paulo, Brazil …

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Subnational Civil Servant Pension Schemes in Brazil : Context, History, and Lessons of Reform

World Bank Group - 2022

Brazil's pension system takes up an oversized proportion of its social protection spending. It comprises of Regime …

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