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Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities
World Bank Group - 2020
sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities. The report reviews the existing literature, highlights … key barriers in scaling-up private investment in climate-smart urban infrastructure, and showcases innovative financial de … chapter reviews and provides a framework to examine the interconnected layers of investment barriers specific to private …
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Kenya Economic Update, April 2019, No. 19 : Unbundling the Slack in Private Sector Investment - Transforming Agriculture Sector Productivity and Linkages to Poverty Reduction
World Bank Group - 2019
The Kenyan economy rebounded in 2018 and economic activity in the first quarter of 2019 was healthy, although emerging drought conditions could curtail GDP growth for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded by 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of 2018 compared to 4.7 percent during...
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Unlocking Private Sector Investment for Low-Carbon Transition in South Africa : Assessing Investment Climate for Climate Investments
World Bank Group - 2019
of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition. Despite downside risks, South Africa … has strong macroeconomic fundamentals and commitment to improving the overall investment climate. Climate change poses … macro investment climate. Implement carbon tax effectively and raise policy ambition, supported by a fiscal framework …
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Ukraine Fiscal Incentives for Science, Technology and Innovation Activities : Good Practice Review Report
World Bank Group - 2017
This report is one of four analytical pieces on Ukraine's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem developed by the … World Bank's Ukraine Technical Assistance on Innovation, supported by the Swedish Ukraine Financial and Enterprise Sector … fiscal incentives for supporting science, technology, and innovation (STI) and provides policy recommendations relevant to …
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Natural gas : private sector participation and market development
1999
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Enabling Private Sector Growth in Menya and Assiut, Egypt
World Bank Group - 2021
Egypt has considerable potential to become a regional trade hub. A key challenge is how to leverage this potential to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth that benefits the country's population at large. In alignment with Egypt's decision to expand the Upper Egypt Local Development Program...
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Karnataka : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment
World Bank Group - 2005
This paper presents a rapid private health sector assessment for Karnataka. Karnataka is a middle-tier Indian state with most state-wide health indicators mirroring those for the nation as a whole. In addition to these health statistics, more than half of Karnataka's children suffer from...
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Bihar : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment
World Bank Group - 2005
There is little current information available on private health facilities in Bihar. Government has little to do with the private sector and no recent attempts have been made to survey the private formal or informal sectors. However, we know that the private sector is the dominant force in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209207
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Scaling Up Private Sector Participation in Road Asset Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Group - 2022
The purpose of this study is to evaluate non-traditional means to raise additional private financing for the upgrade and maintenance of developing countries' road networks. To achieve this goal, it combines an in-depth review of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries' road funds' (RF) performance...
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What's Holding Back the Private Sector in MENA? : Lessons from the Enterprise Survey
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - 2016
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank (WB), have collaborated on a joint … and financial constraints; employment in the private sector; and competitiveness, with a focus on trade, innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644355