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The World Bank Group has developed a new diagnostic approach called Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD). This study pilots the use of the World Bank's MFD approach to identify areas along value chains (VCs) where the private sector is involved. More important may be the identification of...
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This report seeks to support the larger jobs study by examining how investment in South Sudan's food sector can not only address food security needs, it can generate income and lay the foundation for livelihood and job creation in the country. It argues that applying a value chain lens to...
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Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons …, even as urbanization gains momentum. First, agriculture is a proven engine of economic growth. Aside from showing its … strength in decades past, in recent years agriculture shielded the Bolivian economy from the worst effects of the decline in …
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resulted in losses generated by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector. Climate change impacts are expected to appear …
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The objective of this note is to provide insights into the potential effect of the adaptation protocol (AP) on imports of European Union (EU) agricultural, food and fisheries products into Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We adapt and calibrate the Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool (TRIST), a...
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Land use planning is one of the most important policy instruments for urban and regional development aiming to meet the needs of the populations while considering various factors such as environmental sustainability, economic development, and social well-being. The process of land use planning...
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cities and national capitals, while many areas fall further behind. Slovakia illustrates the difference between national … convergence and subnational divergence. While Slovakia is considered one of the EU's economic stars, it also has some of the union …'s highest regional disparities. Slovakia's impressive economic gains over the last two decades were led by Bratislava region …
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The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on the lagging district of Snina and the National Park of Poloniny, and the opportunities for their improvement as potential drivers of...
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), provides an estimate of the health impacts of current concentrations of air pollutants in the Republic of Slovakia across its … consequences of the levels of ambient air pollution in Slovakia (which is among the highest in Europe) and to evaluate different …
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in Slovakia. It leverages administrative data to measure productivity from the Fabasoft and Cezir data systems that …
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