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Information and Communication Technology for Disaster Risk Management in Japan : How Digital Solutions are Leveraged to Increase Resilience through Improving Early Warnings and Dis...
World Bank Group - 2019
development, Japan has developed several forward-looking ICT for DRM. This report highlights the application of ICT for DRM in two …Breakthroughs in information and communication technology (ICT) increasingly offer new tools to support disaster risk … management (DRM). Due to the rapid advancement of computing and communication devices, ICT's capacity to improve the DRM …
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Thailand Economic Monitor, April 2018 : Beyond the Innovation Paradox
World Bank Group - 2018
by external demand and private consumption. Thailand is an example of an emerging market facing the innovation paradox …
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Innovating Bureaucracy for a More Capable Government
World Bank Group - 2019
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Innovations for Scaling Green Sectors
World Bank Group - 2017
InfoDev - innovation and entrepreneurship report green sectors, such as renewable energy and sustainable agriculture …
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Promoting Innovation in China : Lessons from International Good Practice
World Bank Group - 2020
China considers innovation be one of the key drivers of its future growth and convergence with more developed countries … technological catch- up, China must revise its approach to innovation policy. This paper takes stock of China's progress in building … a modern national innovation (NIS) system, reviews international good practice in promoting innovation and shares policy …
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Chad SME Competitiveness and Global Value Chain Upgrading Diagnostics with Focus on Opportunities in the Domestic and Regional Markets
World Bank Group - 2021
This study aims to explore ways in which key competencies of the oil and gas industry could be leveraged to support the diversification of the Chadian economy. The analysis focused on identifying opportunities and prioritizing core competencies in specific segments of the oil and gas value chain...
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Innovation in Electronic Payment Adoption : The Case of Small Retailers
World Bank Group - 2016
This report aims to deepen the understanding of barriers to and incentives for the acceptance and use of electronic payments, from the perspective of micro, small and medium retailers (merchants). Developing and accelerating acceptance of electronic payments by these merchants is essential to...
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Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa : a World Bank Group strategy for information and communication technology sector development
Guislain, Pierre (contributor) - 2005
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Palestinian Digital Economy Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
The world of tomorrow will be driven by digital transformation across sectors and industries, and the global coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is accelerating this process. Digital technology is already playing an important role in the West Bank and Gaza (WB and G), and development...
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Supreme Audit Institutions' Use of Information Technology Globally for More Efficient and Effective Audits
World Bank Group - 2021
Supreme audit institutions (SAIs) recognize the benefits of using technology to improve the quality and impact of their audits. This benefit has further intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic; SAIs with existing technology capacity have continued to perform their role effectively and...
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