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Innovations and Risk Taking. The Engine of Reform in Local Government in Latin America and the Carribeean.

Campbell, T. - World Bank Group - 1997

Decentralization and democratization in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have produced a wave of innovations on the local government level upgrading professional staffs, raising taxes and user fees, delivering better services, and mobilizing participation in public choice-making. This...

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Chad : The Economic Benefits of a Post-COVID-19 Gender-Equitable Society

World Bank Group - 2021

This report examines the extent of gender gaps and their economic impact in Chad. It proposes policies for improving gender equality, taking into account the challenges posed by COVID-19. Although the Government of Chad has taken actions designed to boost gender equality, significant challenges...

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Dominican Republic Gearing Up for a More Efficient Tax System : An Assessment of Tax Efficiency, a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tax Expenditures, and an Exploration of Labor Informalit...

World Bank Group - 2017

This study discusses options how to increase the Dominican Republic tax revenue and attempts to identify priority areas for efficiency-enhancing reforms. A 2016 World Bank report on Dominican fiscal policy found that the country's tax expenditures were poorly targeted and regressively...

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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

customers are increasingly pushing steelmakers to increase their sustainability by pursuing decarbonization pathways. To speed …

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Burkina Faso : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update

World Bank Group - 2019

This joint World Bank/IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) has been prepared in the context of the 2018 Article IV … export base; and (iii) limit non-concessional borrowing to prevent a deterioration of its debt sustainability outlook …

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Cambodia : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update

World Bank Group - 2019

The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) using the revised joint IMF/WB Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income … distress is low, the analysis indicates that debt sustainability is vulnerable to export and growth shocks, and the … introduction of a debtbased fiscal anchor, are necessary to ensure debt sustainability in the medium term …

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Cote d'Ivoire Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis - 2018 Update

World Bank Group - 2019

will be crucial to preserve debt sustainability …

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