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The pandemic severely disrupted economic activity in Tanzania, and the World Bank's latest firm-level data suggest that the situation had only modestly improved by the end of 2020. New data sources show that COVID-19 continues to weigh heavily on employment and income. Data for the first quarter...
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The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development, accelerate social integration, and alleviate...
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This report aims to provide a market overview that describes the main characteristics and size of current and future demand for tourism products delivered by and based in local communities in Africa. If demand is better understood, supply can be better developed and better placed to take...
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WBG support for tourism clients and destinations during the COVID-19 crisis in the form of planning and communication, reducing tax burdens, contamination support, generating alternative revenues, minimizing revenue loss, redeploying assets, and other
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The travel and tourism industry was one of the first sectors to be affected by COVID-19. Since March, the entire value chain that defines the industry - spanning airlines, bus and train companies, cruise lines, hotels, restaurants, attractions, travel agencies, tour operators,online travel...
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The objectives of this country forest note (CFN) are to identify and determine how to address key opportunities and challenges for sustainable forestry and forest-smart interventions in the Dominican Republic. Essential questions addressed by the CFN are the importance of forests and how the...
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Small island developing states and small tourism-dependent coastal states have been the most gravely impacted by global climate and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crises and are expected to face even greater economic and social challenges in the years to come. While information and...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Romania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Romania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Romania on 1) their views regarding the …
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Romania's income per capita has increased from 26 percent of the EU-28 average in 2000 to 63 percent in 2017, but this …, public or private, domestic or foreign, face the same set of rules. Romania's human capital accumulation--proxied by the … in education outcomes remain relevant across and within regions of Romania. Learning gaps in primary and secondary …
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The objective of this Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is to assess the impact of systematic registration on vulnerable individuals, in general, and Roma, in particular. Specifically, this PSIA focuses on the systematic registration approach piloted under the Complementing EU Support...
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