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Toward Universal Financial Inclusion in China : Models, Challenges, and Global Lessons
World Bank Group - 2018
China has achieved remarkable success in financial inclusion. China's rate of account ownership - a basic metric of … the world's largest agent banking network. China has also been an established leader in the fintech revolution, with new … themselves against risk. This report examines in detail China's approach to financial inclusion over the past 15 years. The …
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Chongqing 2035 : Spatial and Economic Transformation for a Global City
World Bank Group - 2019
Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China's west, a key connection in the Yangtze … river economic belt, and a strategic base for China's belt and road initiative. Over the past two decades, Chongqing has …
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Promoting Innovation in China : Lessons from International Good Practice
World Bank Group - 2020
China considers innovation be one of the key drivers of its future growth and convergence with more developed countries … technological catch- up, China must revise its approach to innovation policy. This paper takes stock of China's progress in building … recommendations to help China sustain its drive to become one of the global innovation champions …
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The Pharmaceutical Industry in India and Hungary. Policies, Institutions, and Technological Development
Felker, G.; Chaudhuri, S.; Gyorgy, K.; Goldman, M. - World Bank Group - 1997
quintessential science-based industry, pharmaceuticals depend heavily on high level manpower and substantial R&D for innovation …
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Technology Institutions and Policies. Their Role in Developing Technological Capability in Industry
Goldman, M.; Ergas, H.; Ralph, E.; Felker, G. - World Bank Group - 1997
This study of six industries in eight economies examined the role in building industrial technological capability played by outside sources particularly technology institutions (TIs) such as research and standards organizations and by directed policies such as tax incentives. It concluded that...
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Telecommunications Legislation in Transitional and Developing Economies.
Schwarz, T.; Satola, D. - World Bank Group - 2000
An effective legal and regulatory framework is essential in order to attract private investment into the telecommunications sector of most transitional and developing (TDCs) and to ensure that the TDC has the best chance of achieving the benefits for the country as a whole that flow from a...
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Toward Participatory Research.
Narayan, D. - World Bank Group - 1996
This document is intended to be used by technical and social science staff involved in planning and implementation of water and sanitation facilities for the poor. It may also be useful to social science researchers applying their craft to the low cost water supply and sanitation sector. With...
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Digital Government Transformation in Vietnam : Global Lessons and Policy Implications
World Bank Group - 2021
This policy note highlights the important benefits that digital government can bring to a country's government and people. Specifically, it states the rationale for digital government transformation in Vietnam and lays out the what and how of a prioritization and sequencing strategy that can...
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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Trade and Investment
World Bank Group - 2022
The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment channels through which countries will be affected by the...
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Nepal Development Update : Global Challenges and Domestic Revival
World Bank Group - 2022
Nepal continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive has helped to reduce the fatality rate. The country experienced a first wave in March 2020, a second wave in mid-April 2021, and a third wave in January 2022. In response, social distancing...
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