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Unlocking Nature-Smart Development : An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
World Bank Group - 2021
Unlocking Nature-Smart Development: An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is part of a series of … biodiversity and ecosystem services. The paper makes the case that the rapid global decline in nature is a development issue and …
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Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Landscape Management in Zimbabwe
World Bank Group - 2023
of ecosystem degradation and assesses the value of ecosystems that are key to Zimbabwe's sustainable development. It also … highlights investments that are necessary to protect the landscape and deliver ecosystem services for sustainable livelihood and …
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Korea Blockchain Ecosystem
World Bank Group - 2021
Korea blockchain ecosystem is the first of the series and provides a short description of the blockchain technology and its … potential for solving development challenges and key highlights of the Korea blockchain ecosystem. Blockchain is a decentralized … value proposition for development agenda; and Korea blockchain ecosystem …
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Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature : A World Bank Group Paper on Private Finance for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
World Bank Group - 2023
Biodiversity and ecosystem services, or nature for short, underpin many aspects of economic activity and are … deteriorating at an unprecedented level, with potentially far-reaching implications for economies worldwide. Sustained ecosystem …
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Cabo Verde Economic Update, April 2021 : Rebounding from the Crisis; Restoring Fiscal Sustainability and Leveraging the Private Sector for a more Resilient and Sustainable Recovery
World Bank Group - 2021
The objective of this report is to provide an update to the Government of Cabo Verde, think-tanks and researchers, and the public on the state of the Cabo Verde economy and its outlook, together with the structural reforms required to strengthen the foundations for private sector-led recovery...
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Uganda Economic Update, 17th Edition, June 2021 : From Crisis to Green Resilient Growth - Investing in Sustainable Land Management and Climate Smart Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2021
The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP growth is estimated to reach above 3 percent during FY21, following the modest recovery of 0.7 percent in the first half of...
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Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry
World Bank Group - 2020
Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world's...
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Strengthening Sustainability in the Steel Industry
World Bank Group - 2020
People have used steel since ancient times, after blacksmiths discovered that iron became harder and stronger after being placed in charcoal furnaces. Today, steel is present in virtually every aspect of people's lives, from homes and hospitals to roads and other infrastructure that provide the...
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Pakistan at 100 : Environmental Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
Melaka State, situated roughly halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka's heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) strategically located along the Strait...
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