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protecting the poorest in the most unequal society in the world. All of these require policies and actions with inevitable …
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protecting the poorest in the most unequal society in the world. All of these require policies and actions with inevitable …
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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 … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …
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across the world, including many vulnerable communities, who depend on tourism for their livelihoods. According to the World …The travel and tourism industry was one of the first sectors to be affected by COVID-19. Since March, the entire value … acutely felt by the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) that make up around 80 percent of licensed tourism and tourism …
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COVID-19 created a dynamic shock to the international tourism industry, with the related health concerns and travel …), which are highly dependent on tourism receipts, have small domestic tourism markets, and rely on international air … World Bank undertook consumer market research on three key European outbound markets …
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The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … the world's economies. The report provides ICP results for the benchmark year 2017 and revised results for earlier years …-operation and Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Notably, PPPs and ICP data are used in indicators monitoring …
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statistics on the size of public procurement in economies around the world. While data are publicly available for High …-income economies, for the rest of the world, data and studies are scarce. However, public procurement is as important in developing …
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sustainability of primary sectors like agriculture, water, tourism, and energy. The National Development Strategy (NDS) and the … challenges. By 2050, climate change impacts are expected to decrease labor productivity and affect health, crop yields, tourism …
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This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the West Bank and Gaza examines the social and macroeconomic impacts of climate change under three alternative scenarios that reflect different levels of climate action and divergent economic growth trajectories. The scenario analysis builds...
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This Climate Change and Development Report (CCDR) establishes the case for a new economic model to address Tunisia's challenging economic and social context and vulnerability to climate change. Building on extensive analyses and consultations (see Box 1 for our approach), the CCDR calls for a...
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