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Tax Compliance Cost Burden and Tax Perceptions Survey in Ethiopia
World Bank Group - 2016
This study attempts to estimate tax compliance costs and assess views of taxpayers on aspects of the tax system in Ethiopia. The study uses evidence mainly from a survey of both formal and informal businesses in Addis Ababa and four major cities (Adama, Hawassa, Mekele, and Bahir Dar) in the...
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Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico Report
World Bank Group - 2021
challenges of supporting the growth and profitability of women entrepreneurs. In Mexico, women tend to be overrepresented in the … drivers and the implications of sectoral barriers to women entrepreneurs. For each one of these interventions, the report …
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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
World Bank Group - 2022
difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in … survey of entrepreneurs carried out through a social media platform …
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Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia : A Pathway to Increasing Shared Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2016
The world today believes that supporting women entrepreneurs is vital for economic growth. As economic opportunities … entrepreneurs has risen in global economy including in developing countries. However, the majority of women entrepreneurs in … developing countries are still operating in small and micro enterprises with very little growth. Most women entrepreneurs run …
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Profiting from Parity : Unlocking the Potential of Women's Business in Africa
World Bank Group - 2019
-agricultural labor force classified as self-employed or employers. Yet most entrepreneurs are unable to grow their businesses beyond …, seeks to focus attention on the challenges that Africa's women entrepreneurs face and identify practical solutions. The … to growth and profitability faced by women entrepreneurs. It goes beyond looking at contextual, endowment and household …
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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management
World Bank Group - 2021
Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when they materialize, they place pressure on government finances that may raise interest expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts...
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Kenya Public Expenditure Analysis 2019 : Creating Fiscal Space to Deliver the Big Four while Undertaking a Needed Fiscal Consolidation
World Bank Group - 2019
The Kenyan government remains committed to a planned fiscal consolidation pathway, which should help contain public debt stock at a sustainable level. Nonetheless, there are significant challenges stemming from a slowdown in revenue collection, a growing demand for transfers to county...
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Information and Communication Technology for Disaster Risk Management in Japan : How Digital Solutions are Leveraged to Increase Resilience through Improving Early Warnings and Dis...
World Bank Group - 2019
Breakthroughs in information and communication technology (ICT) increasingly offer new tools to support disaster risk management (DRM). Due to the rapid advancement of computing and communication devices, ICT's capacity to improve the DRM framework became a critical factor to strengthen...
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Managing the Public Sector Wage Bill during COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis is unique and requires tough policy choices for managing the public sector wage bill to best achieve the difficult balance between fiscal consolidation, protection of lives and livelihoods, service delivery, and job restoration. In the emergency phase, the...
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Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs - Renewables Sector
World Bank Group - 2023
This document is intended for use by government agencies in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), in order to assist them in incorporating climate-related risks and opportunities in the preliminary preparation stages of renewable energy (solar and wind) infrastructure projects...
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