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economy. To support PPD projects in FCS, the World Bank Group has conducted a survey of 27 task team leaders and other program …
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-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …
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Despite decades of impressive economic growth, tax revenues in the Dominican Republic (DR) remain well below the … regional average. The DR's tax base is extremely narrow, with extensive exemptions, deductions, zero-ratings, and allowances … across all major tax categories. Tax expenditures amounted to an estimated 4.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in …
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The Country Opinion Survey in Senegal assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how …
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After Uganda enjoyed two decades of strong growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s and early 2000s, its economy slowed down, and social progress decelerated amid a steady increase of the population. Several constraints continue to undermine progress and social and economic transformation in...
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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Liberia had an estimated 4.3 million hectares of forests in 2011, comprising approximately 50 percent of Liberia’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush meat, medicines, construction materials, and...
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