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Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be …
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Welcome to the Spring 2019 edition of the World Bank's Madagascar Economic Update, which presents recent economic developments and our medium-term outlook. The economy has continued to perform well, with growth in 2018 estimated at 5.2 percent, above regional and global averages. External demand...
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The Handbook for practitioners and decision makers seeks to raise awareness among utility managers, decision makers …
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Gender equality is important for development-it matters not only for women and girls, and boys and men but also for communities and societies-for poverty reduction and economic growth. This assessment report provides an in-depth description of the gaps between women and men in Benin regarding...
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The Palestinian health system suffers from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the disease burden is attributable to NCD, particularly cancers, diabetes,...
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This note attempts to identify the factors associated with differences in overall school performance and efficiency. It …
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The report summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency analysis to support Senegal's national HIV response … Government requested the World Bank to conduct this allocative efficiency analysis, using the Optima mathematical model …
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from the World Bank. Such support was intended to identify spending pressures and potential efficiency and effectiveness …In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria (GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews (RS) to improve the efficiency and … effectiveness of its spending in the context of a moderate fiscal consolidation process. Although Bulgaria has one of the lowest …
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This report, the full PER, aims to undertake a detailed analysis of the recent trends in publicexpenditures and revenue with a view to helping Mongolia's policy makers and opinion leaders identify the main priorities for a successful implementation of its ongoing recovery program. It also...
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. Fiscal policy has been counter-cyclical and progressive but has had a limited impact on economic growth. Spending efficiency … is a key area of concern. Expenditure efficiency in areas such as infrastructure, road transport, health, and education … are significantly behind the global efficiency frontier. The fiscal implications associated with the policy proposals in …
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