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Guyana Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012

World Bank Group - 2012

A new tool, SABER-teachers, aims to help fill this gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies in primary and secondary education systems around the world. SABER-Teachers is a core component of SABER (Systems Approach for Better...

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Guyana - Joint World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis

World Bank Group - 2019

The risk of external and overall debt distress for Guyana remains moderate, but debt dynamics will improve … susceptibility of Guyana's external public debt in a very extreme shock which combines simultaneous shocks to real GDP growth …. Nonetheless, Guyana has substantial space to absorb these shocks, reflecting the current low level of external debt. Guyana …

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile : Guyana

World Bank Group - 2023

Guyana faces several challenges, including poverty and high levels of inequality, ranking 114 out of 170 countries in … the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting …

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Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Processing in Croatia's Food and Bio-Economy

World Bank Group - 2019

Shifting consumer demand and accelerating climate change will further shape the agri-food sector in Croatia in the next decade. Consumers in high value markets in the EU and beyond are shifting their expenditures towards safe, healthy, sustainable, and convenient products. Recent EU market...

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The Role of Strategic Grain Reserves in Enhancing Food Security in Zambia and Zimbabwe

World Bank Group - 2021

Zambia and Zimbabwe have experienced food security emergencies of varying severity, mainly caused by drought and floods in some areas. Like several countries in Africa and elsewhere, the two countries have developed and used Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) to cope with food emergencies and other...

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Kyrgyz Republic : Developing Agri-Food Value Chains

World Bank Group - 2018

The prevalence of small farmers and small-scale agri-food processors creates unique challenges for agri-food value-chain development in Kyrgyzstan. That is, the Kyrgyz farm structure itself, with its dominance of small farmers, is one of the main constraints for the effective functioning of...

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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2019

Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...

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Maximizing Finance for Development in Agriculture and Food Systems in Ethiopia : An Analysis of Beef, Coffee, and Maize

World Bank Group - 2019

The World Bank Group has developed a new diagnostic approach called Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD). This study pilots the use of the World Bank's MFD approach to identify areas along value chains (VCs) where the private sector is involved. More important may be the identification of...

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South Sudan : Linking the Agriculture and Food Sector to the Job Creation Agenda

World Bank Group - 2019

This report seeks to support the larger jobs study by examining how investment in South Sudan's food sector can not only address food security needs, it can generate income and lay the foundation for livelihood and job creation in the country. It argues that applying a value chain lens to...

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Local Sourcing in the Cabo Verde Tourism Food Supply Chain : Opportunities and Challenges

World Bank Group - 2019

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