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Actionable Regulatory Governance Indicators for UE Regions
World Bank Group - 2018
The European Union's Cohesion Policy is its biggest investment instrument. It supports the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. With a budget of EUROS 351.8 billion for 2014-2020, the Cohesion Policy accounts for around one-third of the EU budget. The Cohesion Policy...
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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto
World Bank Group - 2018
The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …
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Promoting Competition in Local Markets in Mexico : A Subnational Application of the World Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool
World Bank Group - 2018
increase the cost of doing business. The World Bank Group (WBG) was requested to address a critical gap and to pilot a reform …
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Low Carbon Cities : Exploring New Crediting Approaches to Deliver Carbon and Climate Finance
World Bank Group - 2018
urban dwellers will live in Africa and Asia. The world's urban areas wereresponsible for around 70 percent of greenhouse gas … (GHG) emissions in 2013, and that numbercould grow by 50 percent by 2050 if current trends continue. In 2015, world leaders …
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Improving Co-operation between Tax Authorities and Anti-Corruption Authorities in Combating Tax Crime and Corruption
World Bank Group - 2018
This joint report by the World Bank and OECD identifies building blocks for more effective co-operation and is the …
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Global Experiences on Expanding Services to the Urban Poor
World Bank Group - 2009
In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...
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Financing a Resilient Urban Future : A Policy Brief on World Bank and Global Experience on Financing Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure
World Bank Group - 2018
, reflecting differing market, regulatory, and policy circumstances. This policy brief draws on World Bank experience and datasets … infrastructure system operators in different cities around the world, and how these link back to the climate challenges they may face … the World Bank Group …
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Halving Poverty in Russia by 2024 : What Will It Take?
World Bank Group - 2018
were to be able to catch up with the rest of the world, and grow at 3.2 percent annually, the poverty rate would fall to 8 …
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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Domestic Violence
World Bank Group - 2019
Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common, under-recognized, underestimated and under-reported type of violence against women. It reflects discriminatory social norms, stereotypes, impunity and...
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Carbon Markets Under the Kyoto Protocol : Lessons Learned for Building an International Carbon Market Under the Paris Agreement
World Bank Group - 2018
This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …
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